Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Brookhaven Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36103159204 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 3,815 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Brookhaven
Census tract 36103159204 sits in Brookhaven, New York eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,907 a month against an average household income of $99,722 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$99,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 40.7694, -72.9162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookhaven scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,907 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.3
How Brookhaven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Brookhaven, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Suffolk County average of 5.6 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36103159204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103159204?
Census tract 36103159204 in Brookhaven scores 5.6/10 (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 36103159204?
Median gross rent is $1,907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103159204?
13.7% of residents in tract 36103159204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103159204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 34th, minority 40th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103159204 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103159204 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 36103159204 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Brookhaven at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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