Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
East Meadow Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36059407802 · Nassau County, NY · pop 1,161
How risky is East Meadow for landlords? Census tract 36059407802 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,081 a month against an average household income of $40,208 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units309
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$40,208
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Meadow and the region
Centroid at 40.7316, -73.5525 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Meadow scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Meadow
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,081 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Meadow
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Meadow
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Meadow
6.7
How East Meadow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 18.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.1%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Meadow
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 Meadow eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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 18.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059407802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059407802?
Census tract 36059407802 in East Meadow scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 36059407802?
Median gross rent is $1,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36059407802?
9.4% of residents in tract 36059407802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,161.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059407802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 52th, minority 70th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36059407802 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.0% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36059407802 compare to East Meadow overall?
Tract 36059407802 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of East Meadow at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Meadow eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Meadow
Top eight tracts in East Meadow ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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