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Neighborhood · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally

Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067000200 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 3,979 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Washington Square area of Syracuse is where census tract 36067000200 sits, home to 3,979 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.1/10. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.

59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $998 monthly, set against $37,872 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 24% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,482
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate39.3%
Median income$37,872

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Washington Square
Elevated
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 142 tracts In Onondaga County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#365 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Syracuse and the region

Centroid at 43.0748, -76.1584 · click any tract to drill in

Why Washington Square scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Syracuse
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
39.3% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Syracuse
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Syracuse
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Syracuse
6.5

How Washington Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Washington Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 000200Syracuse: 8.78.7Syracuseparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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 Washington 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 Washington Square

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Syracuse eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Onondaga County average of 5.9 and above 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 28.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 36067000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067000200?

Census tract 36067000200 in the Washington Square neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 36067000200?

Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067000200?

39.3% of residents in tract 36067000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,979.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 78th, minority 66th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 36067000200 considered part of Washington Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067000200 fall within Washington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36067000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.1% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36067000200 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067000200 scores 8.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Syracuse at 8.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Syracuse eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36067000200 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

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

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