Borough Park Eviction Risk: High , New York

Against Kings County at 49.3%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $47,750, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 76% 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.

Food insecurity runs 34.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 241 filings here across 7 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points above the Kings County average of 9.2. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2001, when 4.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brooklyn. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.