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Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Floral Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36059404400 · Nassau County, NY · pop 5,008

With a score of 6.1/10, tract 36059404400 in Floral Park, NY reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 42% 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
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 4% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$172,045

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Floral Park
Very Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#142 of 281 tracts In Nassau County
Moderate
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#3,908 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
National
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#17,650 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Floral Park and the region

Centroid at 40.7210, -73.7116 · click any tract to drill in

Why Floral Park scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Floral Park
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,301 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Floral Park
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Floral Park
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Floral Park
5.7

How Floral Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Floral Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.1This tracttract 4044006.6Floral Parkparent city6.5Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

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.

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

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 Floral Park

Cost burden runs 65% here against 44.5% across Nassau County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 10% 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 1.7/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $172,045, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Nassau County average of 6.5 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36059404400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059404400?

Census tract 36059404400 in Floral Park scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 36059404400?

Median gross rent is $2,301/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36059404400?

2.3% of residents in tract 36059404400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,008.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36059404400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 28th, minority 35th, housing 13th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36059404400 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36059404400 compare to Floral Park overall?

Tract 36059404400 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Floral Park at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Floral Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 36059404400 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Floral Park

Top eight tracts in Floral Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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