Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Collegetown Eviction Risk: High , Ithaca
Tract 36109000300 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 3,069 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 36109000300 covers part of the Collegetown area of Ithaca, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,069. The severe-burden share is 94%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units175
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate68.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ithaca and the region
Centroid at 42.4464, -76.4682 · click any tract to drill in
Why Collegetown scores 9.9
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
68.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Collegetown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Collegetown. 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.
- 19.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 26.1%SNAP enrollment
- 20.5%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 26.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Collegetown
100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Tompkins County average of 51.4%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 68%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. Against the Tompkins County average of 7.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,112, 23% below the Ithaca average.
Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 26.1% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36109000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000300?
Census tract 36109000300 in the Collegetown neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 36109000300?
Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000300?
68.0% of residents in tract 36109000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 1th, minority 71th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 36109000300 considered part of Collegetown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000300 fall within Collegetown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36109000300 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.2% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36109000300 compare to Ithaca overall?
Tract 36109000300 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Ithaca at 9.3/10. 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
36109001000
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Downtown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Fall Creek
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Northside Triangle
9.7
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Northeast Ithaca
8.6
/ 10 · High
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