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

Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067000501 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 2,319 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 36067000501 sits in the Washington Square area of Syracuse eviction risk, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.1/10. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.1

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 32% Owners 18%

Tract context

Occupied units975

Renter share81.4%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate50.2%

Median income$30,104

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Syracuse and the region

Centroid at 43.0638, -76.1570 · 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

50.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,093 rent vs county FMR

3.3

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

95%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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
48%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 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.

31.5%Housing insecurity
23.4%Utility-shutoff threat
43.6%Food insecurity
47.8%SNAP enrollment
22.7%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
23.2%Frequent mental distress
41.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Washington Square

Cost burden runs 61% here against 43.5% across Onondaga County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 43.6% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 2.5 points above the Onondaga County average of 6.6. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $30,104, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36067000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067000501?

Census tract 36067000501 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36067000501?

Median gross rent is $1,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067000501?

50.2% of residents in tract 36067000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,319.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 91th, minority 79th, housing 76th.

Is tract 36067000501 considered part of Washington Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067000501 fall within Washington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36067000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.5% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36067000501 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067000501 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.

Was tract 36067000501 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. 48% 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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