Central State Eviction Risk: High , Schenectady

It sits 2.6 points above the Schenectady County average of 6.6. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Schenectady County average of 48.2%.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 26.4% against 15.2% nationally. At $980 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Schenectady commands. Housing insecurity runs 22.2% against 14.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Schenectady. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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