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Neighborhood · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally

Skunk City Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067003800 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 2,370 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 36067003800, home to 2,370 residents in the Skunk City neighborhood of Syracuse, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 94th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $873 monthly, set against $27,065 in average yearly household income, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 29% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units818
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate56.9%
Median income$27,065

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Skunk City
Very High
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 142 tracts In Onondaga County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#365 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Syracuse and the region

Centroid at 43.0360, -76.1799 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skunk City scores 8.8

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
56.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Skunk City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Skunk City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 003800Syracuse: 8.78.7Syracuseparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg 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 Skunk City. 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 Skunk City

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 36067003800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067003800?

Census tract 36067003800 in the Skunk City neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 36067003800?

Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067003800?

56.9% of residents in tract 36067003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,370.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067003800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 99th, minority 83th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 36067003800 considered part of Skunk City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067003800 fall within Skunk City (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36067003800 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.3% 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. 26.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36067003800 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067003800 scores 8.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 36067003800 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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