Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Morris Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005005300 · Bronx County, NY · pop 5,379 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 9.9/10, tract 36005005300 in the Morris Heights area of New York, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,379 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 68%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,595
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate49.1%
Median income$22,352
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8522, -73.9218 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morris Heights scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New York
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
49.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,360 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New York
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New York
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from New York
7.1
How Morris Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 22%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 5,470Total filings over 8 yrs
- 82.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 124.0%Peak (2006)
- 537Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Morris Heights. 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.
- 49.6%Housing insecurity
- 34.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 62.5%Food insecurity
- 65.0%SNAP enrollment
- 30.9%Transit barriers
- 20.2%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 48.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morris Heights
Annualized rent equals 73% of average household income of $22,352, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 65.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 49.6% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 49%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.
68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Bronx County average of 56.0%. Average gross rent is $1,360, 25% below the New York average.
Court records carry 5,470 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005005300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005005300?
Census tract 36005005300 in the Morris Heights 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 36005005300?
Median gross rent is $1,360/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005005300?
49.1% of residents in tract 36005005300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,379.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005005300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 95th, minority 99th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 36005005300 considered part of Morris Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005005300 fall within Morris Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005005300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5,470 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005005300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 82.92% of renter households, peaking at 124.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005005300 struggle to pay rent?
About 49.6% 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. 34.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005005300 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005005300 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of New York at 9.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New York eviction laws; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 36005005300 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. 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.
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