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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Nepperhan Eviction Risk: High , Yonkers

Tract 36119000802 · Westchester County, NY · pop 2,460 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 36119000802 covers part of the Nepperhan area of Yonkers, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,460 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 19% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units801
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$95,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Nepperhan
Very High
Within parent city
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#29 of 58 tracts In Yonkers
Moderate
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#43 of 241 tracts In Westchester County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Yonkers and the region

Centroid at 40.9573, -73.8763 · click any tract to drill in

Why Nepperhan scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Yonkers
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$2,148 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Yonkers
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Yonkers
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Yonkers
8.5

How Nepperhan compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Nepperhan risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 000802Yonkers: 9.49.4Yonkersparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.77.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Nepperhan. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Nepperhan

The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 9/10. It sits 2.1 points above the Westchester County average of 7.8.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.

At $2,148 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Yonkers commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lower Westchester Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36119000802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36119000802?

Census tract 36119000802 in the Nepperhan neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 36119000802?

Median gross rent is $2,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36119000802?

17.0% of residents in tract 36119000802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,460.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36119000802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 48th, minority 75th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 36119000802 considered part of Nepperhan?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36119000802 fall within Nepperhan (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36119000802 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.7% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36119000802 compare to Yonkers overall?

Tract 36119000802 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Yonkers at 9.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Yonkers eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36119000802 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 22% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Yonkers

Top eight tracts in Yonkers ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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