Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Rensselaer Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36083052301 · Rensselaer County, NY · pop 5,493 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Rensselaer
How risky is Rensselaer for landlords? Census tract 36083052301 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,021 a month while the average household earns $129,418 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,025
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$129,418
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rensselaer and the region
Centroid at 42.6550, -73.6898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rensselaer scores 4.5
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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,021 rent vs county FMR
8.6
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 Rensselaer compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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.
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 20.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rensselaer
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 below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36083052301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36083052301?
Census tract 36083052301 in Rensselaer scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 36083052301?
Median gross rent is $2,021/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36083052301?
2.2% of residents in tract 36083052301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,493.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36083052301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 14th, minority 32th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36083052301 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36083052301 compare to Rensselaer overall?
Tract 36083052301 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 36083052301 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rensselaer
Top eight tracts in Rensselaer ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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