Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Northwest Ithaca Eviction Risk: High

Tract 36109000900 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,387 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 8.2/10, tract 36109000900 in the Northwest Ithaca area of Ithaca, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,387. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 12% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units2,145

Renter share31.7%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$88,594

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ithaca and the region

Centroid at 42.4630, -76.5406 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northwest Ithaca scores 8.2

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

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,156 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Northwest Ithaca compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

28%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
48%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.

7.6%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
8.3%Food insecurity
6.9%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
4.0%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
23.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northwest Ithaca

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10.

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Tompkins County average of 51.4%. At $1,156 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Ithaca commands. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Tompkins County average of 7.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Against average income of $88,594, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 36109000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000900?

Census tract 36109000900 in the Northwest Ithaca neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36109000900?

Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000900?

8.4% of residents in tract 36109000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,387.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 80th, minority 19th, housing 48th.

Is tract 36109000900 considered part of Northwest Ithaca?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000900 fall within Northwest Ithaca (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36109000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36109000900 compare to Ithaca overall?

Tract 36109000900 scores 8.2/10, lower 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.

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