Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Wainscott Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36103200903 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 2,109 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Wainscott
Census tract 36103200903 belongs to Wainscott, New York. It is home to 2,109 residents and scores 5.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,735 a month while the average household earns $159,804 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units792
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$159,804
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wainscott and the region
Centroid at 40.9629, -72.2539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wainscott scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wainscott
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,735 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wainscott
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wainscott
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wainscott
4.6
How Wainscott compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wainscott
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. 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 Wainscott, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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 36103200903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103200903?
Census tract 36103200903 in Wainscott scores 3.9/10 (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 36103200903?
Median gross rent is $2,735/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103200903?
5.5% of residents in tract 36103200903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103200903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 55th, minority 25th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103200903 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103200903 compare to Wainscott overall?
Tract 36103200903 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Wainscott at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wainscott; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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