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The method creates synthetic microdata by allocating census block senior household counts to residential parcels using housing-unit information, then estimates cluster stability through repeated simulations. By addressing data sparsity and spatial analysis pitfalls inherent in aggregated areal approaches, our work improves reliability and enables the detection of both horizontal and vertical NORCs\u2014an underexplored geospatial challenge. A case study in Colorado Springs, USA, demonstrates enhanced detection reliability and confidence assessment compared to conventional heuristics. 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