Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Morrisania Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005012901 · Bronx County, NY · pop 5,469 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 36005012901 sits in the Morrisania area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 5,469. 39% 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 59%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,653
Renter share97.7%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate45.1%
Median income$35,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8226, -73.8987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morrisania 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
45.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,222 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 Morrisania 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.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 1,511Total filings over 8 yrs
- 18.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.7%Peak (2016)
- 347Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 95% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Morrisania. 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.
- 41.7%Housing insecurity
- 25.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 51.5%Food insecurity
- 49.0%SNAP enrollment
- 23.9%Transit barriers
- 21.1%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 42.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morrisania
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 51.5% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $35,521, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Average gross rent is $1,222, 33% below the New York average. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.1% against 11.3% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 1,511 evictions over 8 years of observation. Against Bronx County at 56.0%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The worst year on record was 2016, when 24.7% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005012901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005012901?
Census tract 36005012901 in the Morrisania 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 36005012901?
Median gross rent is $1,222/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005012901?
45.1% of residents in tract 36005012901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,469.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005012901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 100th, minority 93th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 36005012901 considered part of Morrisania?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005012901 fall within Morrisania (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005012901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,511 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005012901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.47% of renter households, peaking at 24.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005012901 struggle to pay rent?
About 41.7% 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. 25.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005012901 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005012901 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 36005012901 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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Highest-risk tracts in New York
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9.9
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9.9
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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