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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally

Manhattan Square Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055009402 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,947 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 36055009402 covers part of the Manhattan Square area of Rochester, NY, and scores 8.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 49% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,557
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$70,758

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Manhattan Square
Very Low
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 84 tracts In Rochester
Low
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#1,952 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1549, -77.6022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Manhattan Square scores 8.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rochester
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rochester
7.0

How Manhattan Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Manhattan Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.9This tracttract 0094028.1Rochesterparent city7.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Manhattan Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Manhattan Square

It sits 1.7 points above the Monroe County average of 7.2. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The dominant input is local political climate at 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 46.4% across Monroe County. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

At $1,237 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Rochester commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Rochester. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055009402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055009402?

Census tract 36055009402 in the Manhattan Square neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 36055009402?

Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055009402?

18.2% of residents in tract 36055009402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,947.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055009402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 7th, minority 49th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 36055009402 considered part of Manhattan Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055009402 fall within Manhattan Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055009402 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055009402 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055009402 scores 8.9/10, higher than the parent city of Rochester at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rochester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36055009402 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 4% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Rochester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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