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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Vernon Park Eviction Risk: High , Mount Vernon

Tract 36119004100 · Westchester County, NY · pop 4,169 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 36119004100 covers part of the Vernon Park area of Mount Vernon, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,169. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 5% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$72,019

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Vernon Park
High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 20 tracts In Mount Vernon
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#23 of 241 tracts In Westchester County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region

Centroid at 40.9142, -73.8208 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vernon Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mount Vernon
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,696 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Vernon
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Vernon
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Vernon
6.9

How Vernon Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vernon Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 004100Mount Vernon: 8.78.7Mount Vernonparent cityCounty: 7.87.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.77.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 Vernon Park. 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 Vernon Park

84% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Westchester County average of 47.2%. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Against the Westchester County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,696, close to the Mount Vernon average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $72,019.

32% 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 36119004100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36119004100?

Census tract 36119004100 in the Vernon Park 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 36119004100?

Median gross rent is $1,696/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36119004100?

14.9% of residents in tract 36119004100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,169.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36119004100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 41th, minority 92th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 36119004100 considered part of Vernon Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36119004100 fall within Vernon Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36119004100 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.3% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36119004100 compare to Mount Vernon overall?

Tract 36119004100 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Vernon at 8.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Vernon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36119004100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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 Mount Vernon

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

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