Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Tompkins County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Tompkins County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 1.00 — 42 (Middle)Tract 2.01 — 64 (Higher)Tract 2.02 — 41 (Middle)Tract 3.00 — 64 (Higher)Tract 4.00 — 73 (Higher)Tract 5.00 — 39 (Lower-middle)Tract 6.00 — 38 (Lower-middle)Tract 7.00 — 47 (Upper-middle)Tract 8.00 — 66 (Higher)Tract 9.00 — 57 (Upper-middle)Tract 10.00 — 62 (Higher)Tract 11.00 — 41 (Lower-middle)Tract 12.00 — 46 (Upper-middle)Tract 13.01 — 38 (Lower-middle)Tract 13.02 — 25 (Lower)Tract 14.00 — 23 (Lower)Tract 15.00 — 47 (Upper-middle)Tract 16.00 — 31 (Lower-middle)Tract 17.00 — 44 (Middle)Tract 18.00 — 29 (Lower)Tract 19.01 — 29 (Lower)Tract 19.02 — 5 (Lower)Tract 20.00 — 64 (Higher)Tract 21.00 — 45 (Middle)Tract 22.00 — 44 (Middle)Tract 23.00 — 55 (Upper-middle)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (5 to 29)Lower-middle (31 to 41)Middle (41 to 45)Upper-middle (46 to 57)Higher (62 to 73)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 44th percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 5th percentile to the 73rd percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median6 (23%) · 22,949 people
Near the median11 (42%) · 47,361 people
Below the median8 (31%) · 30,971 people
Well below the median1 (4%) · 3,256 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Above the median — 6 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 4.00 (pop. 5,342) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 8.00 (pop. 2,785) — 66th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 3.00 (pop. 3,157) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 20.00 (pop. 4,304) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 2.01 (pop. 2,439) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 10.00 (pop. 4,922) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Near the median — 11 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 9.00 (pop. 4,445) — 57th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 23.00 (pop. 5,373) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 7.00 (pop. 3,948) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 15.00 (pop. 6,642) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 12.00 (pop. 3,480) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 21.00 (pop. 4,767) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 17.00 (pop. 4,091) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 22.00 (pop. 4,035) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1.00 (pop. 2,200) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 2.02 (pop. 2,226) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 11.00 (pop. 6,154) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Below the median — 8 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 5.00 (pop. 4,384) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 13.01 (pop. 3,513) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 6.00 (pop. 4,805) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 16.00 (pop. 4,371) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 18.00 (pop. 4,654) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 19.01 (pop. 3,103) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 13.02 (pop. 2,713) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 14.00 (pop. 3,428) — 23rd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 1 tract (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 19.02 (pop. 3,256) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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