Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Selden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36103158509 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 5,243
Census tract 36103158509 covers part of Selden, NY, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,243 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,726
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$78,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Selden and the region
Centroid at 40.8598, -73.0377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Selden scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Selden
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,324 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Selden
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Selden
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Selden
6.5
How Selden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Selden
75% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Suffolk County average of 51.3%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.
Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $78,224, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Against the Suffolk County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 3/10. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,324, close to the Selden average.
27% 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 36103158509
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103158509?
Census tract 36103158509 in Selden scores 7.9/10 (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 36103158509?
Median gross rent is $2,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103158509?
11.9% of residents in tract 36103158509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,243.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103158509?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 64th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103158509 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103158509 compare to Selden overall?
Tract 36103158509 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Selden at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Selden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Selden
Top eight tracts in Selden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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