Neighborhood · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally

Convention District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Rochester

Tract 36055009404 · Monroe County, NY · pop 488 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is the Convention District neighborhood of Rochester for landlords? Census tract 36055009404 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,384 monthly, set against $65,139 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 99% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 73% Owners 2%

Tract context

Occupied units335

Renter share98.8%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate27.0%

Median income$65,139

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1559, -77.6149 · click any tract to drill in

Why Convention District scores 7.5

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

27.0% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$1,384 rent vs county FMR

4.7

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 Convention District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

74%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
23%Grade D · redlined

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 Convention District. 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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
16.8%SNAP enrollment
10.0%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Convention District

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rochester eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Monroe County average of 6.1 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 23% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055009404

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055009404?

Census tract 36055009404 in the Convention District neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36055009404?

Median gross rent is $1,384/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055009404?

27.0% of residents in tract 36055009404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 488.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055009404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 3th, minority 61th, housing 100th.

Is tract 36055009404 considered part of Convention District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055009404 fall within Convention District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36055009404 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36055009404 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055009404 scores 7.5/10, lower than the parent city of Rochester at 9.1/10. 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.

Was tract 36055009404 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 23% 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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