Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Niskayuna

Tract 36093032101 · Schenectady County, NY · pop 5,698 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

How risky is the Hawthorne Hill neighborhood of Niskayuna for landlords? Census tract 36093032101 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #45,990 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $170,469 a year. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.6

Lower

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 5% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units2,130

Renter share8.5%

SVI overall0.03

Poverty rate0.7%

Median income$170,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Niskayuna and the region

Centroid at 42.8147, -73.8751 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne Hill scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Niskayuna

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

0.7% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Niskayuna

3.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Niskayuna

4.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Niskayuna

2.9

How Hawthorne Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

4%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
12%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
2%Grade B
0%Grade C
2%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.

4.8%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
4.5%Food insecurity
3.0%SNAP enrollment
3.2%Transit barriers
2.5%No health insurance
10.3%Frequent mental distress
17.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne Hill

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 Niskayuna, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Schenectady County average of 6.0 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36093032101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36093032101?

Census tract 36093032101 in the Hawthorne Hill neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36093032101?

0.7% of residents in tract 36093032101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,698.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36093032101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 7th, minority 29th, housing 12th.

Is tract 36093032101 considered part of Hawthorne Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36093032101 fall within Hawthorne Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36093032101 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.8% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36093032101 compare to Niskayuna overall?

Tract 36093032101 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Niskayuna at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Niskayuna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36093032101 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. 2% 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 Niskayuna

Top eight tracts in Niskayuna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.