Within neighborhood
44
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005006700 · Bronx County, NY · pop 6,777 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 9.9/10, tract 36005006700 in the Melrose area of New York, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units2,595
Renter share95.3%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate53.5%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8195, -73.9182 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose 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
53.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$677 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 Melrose compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 97%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)
- 7,043Total filings over 8 yrs
- 42.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 79.8%Peak (2003)
- 341Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Melrose. 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.
- 46.5%Housing insecurity
- 28.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 60.2%Food insecurity
- 57.8%SNAP enrollment
- 27.8%Transit barriers
- 27.5%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 48.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose
Average gross rent is $677, 63% below the New York average. Food insecurity runs 60.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 57.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 54%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against Bronx County at 56.0%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7,043 filings here across 8 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 79.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bronx. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 42.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005006700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005006700?
Census tract 36005006700 in the Melrose 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 36005006700?
Median gross rent is $677/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005006700?
53.5% of residents in tract 36005006700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,777.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005006700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 36005006700 considered part of Melrose?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005006700 fall within Melrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005006700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7,043 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005006700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.80% of renter households, peaking at 79.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005006700 struggle to pay rent?
About 46.5% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005006700 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005006700 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 36005006700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 97% 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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