Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Medford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36103158712 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 6,818
How risky is Medford for landlords? Census tract 36103158712 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,178 monthly, set against $124,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,046
Renter share5.5%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$124,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Medford and the region
Centroid at 40.8264, -72.9869 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medford scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Medford
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,178 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Medford
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Medford
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Medford
6.1
How Medford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Medford
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Medford, 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 47th 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 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% 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 36103158712
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103158712?
Census tract 36103158712 in Medford scores 2.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36103158712?
Median gross rent is $3,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103158712?
5.0% of residents in tract 36103158712 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,818.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103158712?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 48th, minority 62th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103158712 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103158712 compare to Medford overall?
Tract 36103158712 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Medford at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Medford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Medford
Top eight tracts in Medford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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