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Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

University Hill Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

Tract 36067004301 · Onondaga County, NY · pop 1,611 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse centers on tract 36067004301, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 1,611 residents. On the national scale it ranks #4,945 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $451 a month against an average household income of $13,893 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 41% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units563
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate58.1%
Median income$13,893

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In University Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 142 tracts In Onondaga County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#431 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Syracuse and the region

Centroid at 43.0389, -76.1400 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Hill scores 8.7

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
58.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$451 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 University Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
University Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 004301Syracuse: 8.78.7Syracuseparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

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.

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 University Hill. 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 University Hill

The heaviest input here is 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 57% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 31.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 36067004301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36067004301?

Census tract 36067004301 in the University Hill neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 36067004301?

Median gross rent is $451/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36067004301?

58.1% of residents in tract 36067004301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,611.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36067004301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 12th, minority 67th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 36067004301 considered part of University Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36067004301 fall within University Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36067004301 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% 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. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36067004301 compare to Syracuse overall?

Tract 36067004301 scores 8.7/10, 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 36067004301 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. 57% 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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