Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Baychester Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36005035800 · Bronx County, NY · pop 7,781 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 7.2/10 for census tract 36005035800 reflects conditions in the Baychester neighborhood of New York, New York. On the national scale it ranks #3,000 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,786 a month against an average household income of $85,296 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,700
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$85,296
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8740, -73.8426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baychester scores 6.9
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,786 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Baychester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 100%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)
- 547Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2016)
- 78Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Baychester. 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.
- 26.4%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.9%Food insecurity
- 25.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baychester
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from New York eviction laws, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Bronx County average of 7.8 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005035800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005035800?
Census tract 36005035800 in the Baychester neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 36005035800?
Median gross rent is $1,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005035800?
10.4% of residents in tract 36005035800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,781.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005035800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 42th, minority 96th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 36005035800 considered part of Baychester?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005035800 fall within Baychester (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005035800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 547 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005035800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.40% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005035800 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.4% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005035800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005035800 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of New York at 9.7/10. 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 36005035800 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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