Within neighborhood
72
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
LeFrak City Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081074500 · Queens County, NY · pop 3,951 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 9.9/10, tract 36081074500 in the LeFrak City area of New York, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,951. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,615
Renter share77.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$65,885
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7361, -73.8508 · click any tract to drill in
Why LeFrak City scores 9.9
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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,465 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 LeFrak City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 28%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)
- 685Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.8%Peak (2005)
- 83Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within LeFrak City. 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in LeFrak City
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 40% here against 49.8% across Queens County.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. At $1,465 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of New York commands. Court records carry 685 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 14.8% of renter households. 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. In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 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 household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081074500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081074500?
Census tract 36081074500 in the LeFrak City 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36081074500?
Median gross rent is $1,465/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081074500?
14.9% of residents in tract 36081074500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081074500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 75th, minority 72th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 36081074500 considered part of LeFrak City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081074500 fall within LeFrak City (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081074500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 685 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081074500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.35% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081074500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081074500 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081074500 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.
Q9
Was tract 36081074500 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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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
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