Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Rensselaer
Tract 36083051601 · Rensselaer County, NY · pop 2,719 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 36083051601 runs through the Liberty Park neighborhood of Rensselaer. With 2,719 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #21,662 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $971 monthly, set against $48,423 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,325
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate22.9%
Median income$48,423
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rensselaer and the region
Centroid at 42.6486, -73.7369 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty Park scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rensselaer
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
22.9% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$971 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rensselaer
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rensselaer
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rensselaer
6.2
How Liberty Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 5%Grade C
- 40%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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 21.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Rensselaer, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Rensselaer County average of 5.8 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 80th 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 36083051601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36083051601?
Census tract 36083051601 in the Liberty Park neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 36083051601?
Median gross rent is $971/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36083051601?
22.9% of residents in tract 36083051601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,719.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36083051601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 85th, minority 52th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 36083051601 considered part of Liberty Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36083051601 fall within Liberty Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36083051601 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36083051601 compare to Rensselaer overall?
Tract 36083051601 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Rensselaer at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rensselaer; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 36083051601 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. 40% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Rensselaer
Top eight tracts in Rensselaer ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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