Collegetown Eviction Risk: High , Ithaca

Annualized rent equals 56% of average household income of $43,883, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

At $2,046 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Ithaca commands. 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.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Disability prevalence runs 17.3% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

The voucher gap is 20.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Tompkins County at 51.4%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.