Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Smithtown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36103135104 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 5,144
Smithtown is where census tract 36103135104 sits, home to 5,144 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,534 a month against an average household income of $163,844 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,635
Renter share6.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$163,844
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithtown and the region
Centroid at 40.8616, -73.2349 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithtown scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithtown
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,534 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithtown
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithtown
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithtown
5.3
How Smithtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 21.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithtown
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Smithtown, 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 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th 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 36103135104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103135104?
Census tract 36103135104 in Smithtown scores 1.8/10 (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 36103135104?
Median gross rent is $2,534/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103135104?
2.4% of residents in tract 36103135104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,144.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103135104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 17th, minority 23th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103135104 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103135104 compare to Smithtown overall?
Tract 36103135104 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Smithtown at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithtown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smithtown
Top eight tracts in Smithtown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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