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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

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

With a score of 9.1/10, tract 36067000200 in the Washington Square area of Syracuse, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.1
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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Washington Square
Very High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 142 tracts In Onondaga County
High
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#1,752 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Elevated
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 9.1

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 / state9.1This tracttract 0002007.7Syracuseparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg 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

SNAP participation runs 40.7% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.8/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Onondaga County average of 43.5%.

It sits 2.5 points above the Onondaga County average of 6.6. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 37.4% against 17.8% nationally.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $998, close to the Syracuse average.

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

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 9.1/10 (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 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Syracuse at 7.7/10. 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.
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