Within neighborhood
28
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005007300 · Bronx County, NY · pop 4,444 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
36005007300 is a census tract in the Melrose area of New York, NY. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,444. 44% 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 67%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share95.3%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate32.7%
Median income$31,442
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8147, -73.9094 · 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
32.7% poverty · this tract
8.2
Supply constraint
$1,162 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: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 94%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
- 100%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)
- 3,003Total filings over 8 yrs
- 33.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 41.2%Peak (2003)
- 322Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% 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.
- 44.8%Housing insecurity
- 28.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 57.0%Food insecurity
- 55.6%SNAP enrollment
- 26.4%Transit barriers
- 23.4%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 45.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose
Food insecurity runs 57.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 55.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. 95% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $31,442 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 56.0% across Bronx County.
Average gross rent is $1,162, 36% below the New York average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,003 filings here across 8 tracked years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005007300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005007300?
Census tract 36005007300 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 36005007300?
Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005007300?
32.7% of residents in tract 36005007300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,444.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005007300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 94th, minority 99th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 36005007300 considered part of Melrose?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005007300 fall within Melrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005007300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,003 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005007300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.57% of renter households, peaking at 41.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005007300 struggle to pay rent?
About 44.8% 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. 28.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005007300 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005007300 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 36005007300 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. 100% 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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