Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Mechanicstown Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36071011200 · Orange County, NY · pop 4,754 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Mechanicstown
36071011200 is a census tract in Mechanicstown, NY. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,016
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$98,093
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mechanicstown and the region
Centroid at 41.4422, -74.3851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mechanicstown scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mechanicstown
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,976 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mechanicstown
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mechanicstown
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mechanicstown
6.7
How Mechanicstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mechanicstown
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Orange County average of 49.0%.
Average gross rent is $1,976, 17% above the Mechanicstown average. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Orange County average of 6.7. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $98,093. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 36071011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36071011200?
Census tract 36071011200 in Mechanicstown scores 7.5/10 (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 36071011200?
Median gross rent is $1,976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36071011200?
9.7% of residents in tract 36071011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,754.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36071011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 88th, minority 73th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36071011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36071011200 compare to Mechanicstown overall?
Tract 36071011200 scores 7.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Mechanicstown at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mechanicstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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