Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Merrick Court Eviction Risk: Elevated , Roosevelt
Tract 36059414002 · Nassau County, NY · pop 5,306 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 36059414002 in the Merrick Court area of Roosevelt, NY reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,251
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$142,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Roosevelt and the region
Centroid at 40.6741, -73.5770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrick Court scores 6.6
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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,317 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 22.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.1%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrick Court
Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 44.5% across Nassau County. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally.
At $2,317 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Roosevelt commands. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Poverty sits at 4%, 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. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $142,566.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059414002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059414002?
Census tract 36059414002 in the Merrick Court neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 36059414002?
Median gross rent is $2,317/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36059414002?
4.1% of residents in tract 36059414002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,306.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059414002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 50th, minority 100th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 36059414002 considered part of Merrick Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36059414002 fall within Merrick Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36059414002 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.5% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36059414002 compare to Roosevelt overall?
Tract 36059414002 scores 6.6/10, lower 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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