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

Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067000600 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 2,970 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 36067000600 covers part of the Washington Square area of Syracuse, NY, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,970. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 30% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,309
Renter share63.2%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate40.5%
Median income$33,308

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Washington Square
Low
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#25 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 43.0700, -76.1526 · 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
40.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$614 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 0006007.7Syracuseparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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

Food insecurity runs 46.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 50.7% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

At $614 a month, rents run 41% under what the rest of Syracuse commands. It sits 2.5 points above the Onondaga County average of 6.6.

The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 43.5% across Onondaga County.

On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Syracuse. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $33,308. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 36067000600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067000600?

Census tract 36067000600 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 36067000600?

Median gross rent is $614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067000600?

40.5% of residents in tract 36067000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,970.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 99th, minority 68th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 36067000600 considered part of Washington Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067000600 fall within Washington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36067000600 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.9% 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. 24.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36067000600 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067000600 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 36067000600 historically redlined?

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