Within neighborhood
9
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Morris Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005020501 · Bronx County, NY · pop 7,271 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 36005020501 covers part of the Morris Heights area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,271. 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 49%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units2,652
Renter share93.9%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate53.3%
Median income$20,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8474, -73.9237 · 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
53.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$939 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: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 69%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)
- 8,659Total filings over 8 yrs
- 48.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 65.3%Peak (2002)
- 700Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% 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.
- 44.6%Housing insecurity
- 27.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 56.8%Food insecurity
- 55.4%SNAP enrollment
- 26.2%Transit barriers
- 22.9%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 46.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morris Heights
Set annual rent against average income of $20,821 and the ratio lands at 54%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $939, 48% below the New York average.
Housing insecurity runs 44.6% against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 56.8% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 53%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. 94% 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.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8,659 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 65.3% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 48.7% 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 36005020501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005020501?
Census tract 36005020501 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 36005020501?
Median gross rent is $939/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005020501?
53.3% of residents in tract 36005020501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005020501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 100th, minority 97th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 36005020501 considered part of Morris Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005020501 fall within Morris Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005020501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8,659 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005020501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 48.68% of renter households, peaking at 65.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005020501 struggle to pay rent?
About 44.6% 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. 27.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005020501 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005020501 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 36005020501 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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