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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Upper Monroe Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brighton

Tract 36055012800 · Monroe County, NY · pop 4,544 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

36055012800 is a census tract in the Upper Monroe area of Brighton, NY. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 33% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,235
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$72,413

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Upper Monroe
Very Low
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Brighton
High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Moderate
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3,620 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brighton and the region

Centroid at 43.1299, -77.5840 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Monroe scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brighton
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
5.5

How Upper Monroe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Upper Monroe risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.5This tracttract 0128006.6Brightonparent city7.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 Upper Monroe. 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 Upper Monroe

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Monroe County average of 7.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.

Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,271, close to the Brighton average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $72,413. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055012800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055012800?

Census tract 36055012800 in the Upper Monroe neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 36055012800?

Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055012800?

9.6% of residents in tract 36055012800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,544.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055012800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 2th, minority 40th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 36055012800 considered part of Upper Monroe?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055012800 fall within Upper Monroe (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055012800 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055012800 compare to Brighton overall?

Tract 36055012800 scores 6.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Brighton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36055012800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brighton

Top eight tracts in Brighton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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