Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Jackson Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36081027102 · Queens County, NY · pop 2,810 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 36081027102 covers part of the Jackson Heights area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,810. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 54% Owners 3%

Tract context

Occupied units973

Renter share97.2%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate14.7%

Median income$69,904

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7471, -73.8781 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jackson Heights scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

14.7% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,440 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 Jackson Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

92%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Jackson 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.

26.5%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
33.6%Food insecurity
22.0%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
22.0%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Jackson Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.

At $1,440 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of New York commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 49.8% across Queens County. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36081027102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081027102?

Census tract 36081027102 in the Jackson Heights neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36081027102?

Median gross rent is $1,440/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081027102?

14.7% of residents in tract 36081027102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,810.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081027102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 16th, minority 90th, housing 80th.

Is tract 36081027102 considered part of Jackson Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081027102 fall within Jackson Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36081027102 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36081027102 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081027102 scores 9.9/10, higher 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.

Was tract 36081027102 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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