Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Merrick Court Eviction Risk: High , Roosevelt
Tract 36059414001 · Nassau County, NY · pop 5,139 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 36059414001 sits in the Merrick Court area of Roosevelt, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Severe burden reaches 81%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,271
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$85,473
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Roosevelt and the region
Centroid at 40.6856, -73.5809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrick Court scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Roosevelt
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,786 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Roosevelt
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Roosevelt
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Roosevelt
6.1
How Merrick Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Merrick Court. 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.
- 23.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.1%Food insecurity
- 20.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrick Court
Cost burden runs 94% here against 44.5% across Nassau County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $85,473, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Against the Nassau County average of 6.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
Housing insecurity runs 23.6% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Food insecurity runs 25.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $2,786, 9% above the Roosevelt average. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059414001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059414001?
Census tract 36059414001 in the Merrick Court neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 36059414001?
Median gross rent is $2,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 94% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36059414001?
5.5% of residents in tract 36059414001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,139.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059414001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 75th, minority 97th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 36059414001 considered part of Merrick Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36059414001 fall within Merrick Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36059414001 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.6% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36059414001 compare to Roosevelt overall?
Tract 36059414001 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Roosevelt at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roosevelt; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Roosevelt
Top eight tracts in Roosevelt ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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