Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ithaca
Tract 36109000100 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 1,884 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
The Downtown neighborhood of Ithaca is where census tract 36109000100 sits, home to 1,884 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.1/10. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,408 a month against an average household income of $40,861 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share96.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$40,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ithaca and the region
Centroid at 42.4400, -76.4979 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ithaca
7.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,408 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ithaca
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ithaca
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ithaca
9.2
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Ithaca eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tompkins County average of 6.5 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36109000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000100?
Census tract 36109000100 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 36109000100?
Median gross rent is $1,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000100?
17.3% of residents in tract 36109000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,884.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 4th, minority 49th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 36109000100 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000100 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36109000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36109000100 compare to Ithaca overall?
Tract 36109000100 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ithaca at 8.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ithaca eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ithaca
Top eight tracts in Ithaca ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NY
Collegetown
8.6
/ 10 · High
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Collegetown
8.3
/ 10 · High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NY
36109001000
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Fall Creek
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Northside Triangle
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Northeast Ithaca
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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