Neighborhood · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally

Fall Creek Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ithaca

Tract 36109000700 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,015 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 36109000700 covers Fall Creek in Ithaca in New York. Home to 4,015 residents, it scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,350 monthly, set against $64,783 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 14% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units2,402

Renter share55.0%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate21.0%

Median income$64,783

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ithaca and the region

Centroid at 42.4513, -76.5003 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fall Creek scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

21.0% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,350 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 Fall Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

39%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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.

8.8%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
4.2%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
20.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fall Creek

The heaviest input here 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd 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.

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 36109000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000700?

Census tract 36109000700 in the Fall Creek neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36109000700?

Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000700?

21.0% of residents in tract 36109000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,015.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 5th, minority 42th, housing 87th.

Is tract 36109000700 considered part of Fall Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000700 fall within Fall Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36109000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36109000700 compare to Ithaca overall?

Tract 36109000700 scores 7.3/10, 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.

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