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Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Valley Falls Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36083051800 · Rensselaer County, NY · pop 5,540 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Valley Falls

Tract 36083051800 sits in Valley Falls, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 7% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,789
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$100,396

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Valley Falls
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 48 tracts In Rensselaer County
Elevated
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#3,749 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#16,571 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Valley Falls and the region

Centroid at 42.8634, -73.5185 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley Falls scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Valley Falls
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Valley Falls
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Valley Falls
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Valley Falls
5.2

How Valley Falls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Valley Falls risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0518006.5Valley Fallsparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Valley Falls

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10. At $1,016 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Valley Falls commands.

Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10. Against average income of $100,396, annual rent is just 12%. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 36% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Rensselaer County average of 6.6 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36083051800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36083051800?

Census tract 36083051800 in Valley Falls scores 6.3/10 (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 36083051800?

Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36083051800?

12.7% of residents in tract 36083051800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,540.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36083051800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 31th, minority 13th, housing 18th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36083051800 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36083051800 compare to Valley Falls overall?

Tract 36083051800 scores 6.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Valley Falls at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Valley Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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