Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally

Commack Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 36103135101 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 3,866

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36103135101 (Commack in Suffolk County, New York) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $188,355 a year. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.7

Lower

Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 2% Owners 96%

Tract context

Occupied units1,215

Renter share3.6%

SVI overall0.05

Poverty rate2.9%

Median income$188,355

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Commack and the region

Centroid at 40.8584, -73.2846 · click any tract to drill in

Why Commack scores 1.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Commack

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

2.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Commack

8.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Commack

2.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Commack

5.6

How Commack compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

7%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
6%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.

7.6%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
4.2%No health insurance
13.4%Frequent mental distress
22.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Commack

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Commack eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Suffolk County average of 5.6 and below 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 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36103135101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103135101?

Census tract 36103135101 in Commack scores 1.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36103135101?

2.9% of residents in tract 36103135101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,866.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36103135101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 21th, minority 28th, housing 6th.

What share of households in tract 36103135101 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36103135101 compare to Commack overall?

Tract 36103135101 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Commack at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Commack eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Commack

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