Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Rifton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36111952600 · Ulster County, NY · pop 6,149 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Rifton
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36111952600 (Rifton in Ulster County, New York) comes in at 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,232 monthly, set against $84,741 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,365
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$84,741
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rifton and the region
Centroid at 41.8319, -74.0007 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rifton scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rifton
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rifton
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rifton
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rifton
4.2
How Rifton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rifton
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 7.1/10. 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 Rifton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Ulster County average of 6.1 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36111952600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36111952600?
Census tract 36111952600 in Rifton scores 6.7/10 (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 36111952600?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36111952600?
23.8% of residents in tract 36111952600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,149.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36111952600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 5th, minority 31th, housing 88th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36111952600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36111952600 compare to Rifton overall?
Tract 36111952600 scores 6.7/10, lower than the parent city of Rifton at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rifton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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