Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Melville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36103112219 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 2,762
Melville anchors census tract 36103112219, which lands at 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #24,339 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,823 a month against an average household income of $97,700 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,606
Renter share14.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$97,700
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melville and the region
Centroid at 40.7963, -73.3889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melville scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melville
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,823 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melville
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melville
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melville
5.5
How Melville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 9.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.1/10. 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 Melville, 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 below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36103112219
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103112219?
Census tract 36103112219 in Melville scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36103112219?
Median gross rent is $2,823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103112219?
4.5% of residents in tract 36103112219 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,762.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103112219?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 41th, minority 12th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103112219 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103112219 compare to Melville overall?
Tract 36103112219 scores 2.7/10, lower than the parent city of Melville at 8.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Melville
Top eight tracts in Melville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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