Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally
Oswego Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36075021604 · Oswego County, NY · pop 4,870
Census tract 36075021604 belongs to Oswego, New York. It is home to 4,870 residents and scores 6.6/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,128 a month against an average household income of $52,402 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,944
Renter share56.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$52,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oswego and the region
Centroid at 43.4439, -76.4866 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oswego scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oswego
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,128 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oswego
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oswego
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oswego
8.0
How Oswego compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oswego
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength 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 Oswego, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oswego County average of 5.7 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 86th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% 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 36075021604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36075021604?
Census tract 36075021604 in Oswego scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 36075021604?
Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36075021604?
23.4% of residents in tract 36075021604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,870.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36075021604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 97th, minority 12th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36075021604 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36075021604 compare to Oswego overall?
Tract 36075021604 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Oswego at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oswego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oswego
Top eight tracts in Oswego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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