Downtown Eviction Risk: High , Ithaca

This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Tompkins County average of 7.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $40,861 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 55% of renters.

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