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West Amityville Eviction Risk: Lower , East Massapequa

Tract 36059521602 · Nassau County, NY · pop 3,141 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 36059521602, home to 3,141 residents in West Amityville in East Massapequa, scores 3.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 10th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $161,957 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 4% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$161,957

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In West Amityville
High
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In East Massapequa
Low
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#233 of 281 tracts In Nassau County
Very Low
Within state
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#5,255 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across East Massapequa and the region

Centroid at 40.6853, -73.4434 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Amityville scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from East Massapequa
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Massapequa
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Massapequa
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Massapequa
3.1

How West Amityville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Amityville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 521602East Massapequa: 8.48.4East Massapequaparent cityCounty: 2.62.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Amityville. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Amityville

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from East Massapequa, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Nassau County average of 5.5 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 36059521602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059521602?

Census tract 36059521602 in the West Amityville neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 36059521602?

3.3% of residents in tract 36059521602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,141.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 36059521602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 4th, minority 4th, housing 14th.
Q4

Is tract 36059521602 considered part of West Amityville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36059521602 fall within West Amityville (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 36059521602 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36059521602 compare to East Massapequa overall?

Tract 36059521602 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of East Massapequa at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Massapequa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East Massapequa

Top eight tracts in East Massapequa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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