Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally
Dryden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36109002000 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,380 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Dryden
Dryden anchors census tract 36109002000, which lands at 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $924 a month against an average household income of $68,661 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,809
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate23.2%
Median income$68,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dryden and the region
Centroid at 42.4759, -76.3005 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dryden scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dryden
7.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
23.2% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$924 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dryden
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dryden
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dryden
7.2
How Dryden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dryden
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Dryden, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th 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 36109002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109002000?
Census tract 36109002000 in Dryden 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36109002000?
Median gross rent is $924/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36109002000?
23.2% of residents in tract 36109002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,380.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36109002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 41th, minority 20th, housing 91th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36109002000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36109002000 compare to Dryden overall?
Tract 36109002000 scores 7.3/10, lower than the parent city of Dryden at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dryden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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