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

Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067001400 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 3,188 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 36067001400 covers part of the Washington Square area of Syracuse, NY, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,188. Severe burden reaches 50%. 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 50% Stable renters 25% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,039
Renter share74.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate51.0%
Median income$17,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Washington Square
Very Low
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#30 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 43.0638, -76.1481 · 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
51.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$953 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 0014007.7Syracuseparent 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

Cost burden runs 67% here against 43.5% across Onondaga County. Annualized rent equals 67% of average household income of $17,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 53.6% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 51%. 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. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Disability prevalence runs 44.9% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.

Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Average gross rent is $953, 8% below the Syracuse average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.

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 36067001400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067001400?

Census tract 36067001400 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 36067001400?

Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067001400?

51.0% of residents in tract 36067001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,188.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 99th, minority 82th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 36067001400 considered part of Washington Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067001400 fall within Washington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36067001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.6% 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. 24.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36067001400 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067001400 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 36067001400 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. 11% 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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