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University Hill Eviction Risk: High , Syracuse

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

With a score of 9.1/10, tract 36067004301 in the University Hill area of Syracuse, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,611 residents. Severe burden reaches 37%. 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 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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In University Hill
Very High
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 55 tracts In Syracuse
Low
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 142 tracts In Onondaga County
Very 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 43.0389, -76.1400 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Hill 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
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 / state9.1This tracttract 0043017.7Syracuseparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg 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

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $451, 57% below the Syracuse average.

The poverty rate is 58%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Onondaga County at 43.5%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.

100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Onondaga County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $13,893, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.1% against 14.2% nationally.

Disability prevalence runs 45.1% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

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 36067004301

Q1

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

Census tract 36067004301 in the University Hill 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 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 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 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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