Neighborhood · Ranked #2,005 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067003200 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 3,233 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Census tract 36067003200 runs through Downtown in Syracuse. With 3,233 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,309 monthly, set against $62,375 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 97% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 62% Owners 3%

Tract context

Occupied units1,770

Renter share97.1%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate25.7%

Median income$62,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Syracuse and the region

Centroid at 43.0478, -76.1504 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 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

25.7% poverty · this tract

6.4

Supply constraint

$1,309 rent vs county FMR

4.9

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 Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

68%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
90%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
2%Grade C
12%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.

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.

15.3%Housing insecurity
9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
10.3%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
23.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 12% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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 36067003200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067003200?

Census tract 36067003200 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36067003200?

Median gross rent is $1,309/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067003200?

25.7% of residents in tract 36067003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,233.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067003200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 2th, minority 59th, housing 90th.

Is tract 36067003200 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067003200 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36067003200 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36067003200 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067003200 scores 8/10, lower than 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.

Was tract 36067003200 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. 12% 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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