Within neighborhood
56
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Cambria Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081053401 · Queens County, NY · pop 2,087 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 8.5/10, tract 36081053401 in the Cambria Heights area of New York, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,087 residents. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units569
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$104,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.6998, -73.7441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cambria Heights scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New York
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,482 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New York
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New York
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from New York
7.1
How Cambria Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 144Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2002)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cambria Heights. 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.
- 24.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.8%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cambria Heights
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
At $1,482 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of New York commands. Housing insecurity runs 24.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 144 filings here across 7 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 25.8% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Queens County average of 9.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 17.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Queens. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 12.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081053401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081053401?
Census tract 36081053401 in the Cambria Heights neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High 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 36081053401?
Median gross rent is $1,482/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081053401?
4.6% of residents in tract 36081053401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,087.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081053401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 35th, minority 99th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 36081053401 considered part of Cambria Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081053401 fall within Cambria Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081053401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081053401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.62% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081053401 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.1% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081053401 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081053401 scores 8.5/10, lower than the parent city of New York at 9.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New York eviction laws; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 36081053401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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9.9
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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