Within neighborhood
10
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Eastchester Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005038200 · Bronx County, NY · pop 2,879 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 36005038200 covers part of the Eastchester Heights area of New York, NY, and scores 8.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,879 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units960
Renter share46.3%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$85,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8773, -73.8547 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastchester Heights scores 8.2
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
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,563 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 Eastchester Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 551Total filings over 8 yrs
- 16.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.5%Peak (2000)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 49% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Eastchester 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.
- 29.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.0%Food insecurity
- 29.5%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastchester Heights
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 56.0% across Bronx County. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 29.2% against 14.2% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 29.5% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Bronx County average of 9.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
Court records carry 551 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,563, 14% below the New York average. Filings peaked in 2000 at 21.5% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 16.1% 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 36005038200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005038200?
Census tract 36005038200 in the Eastchester Heights neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 36005038200?
Median gross rent is $1,563/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005038200?
17.0% of residents in tract 36005038200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,879.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005038200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 90th, minority 97th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 36005038200 considered part of Eastchester Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005038200 fall within Eastchester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005038200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 551 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005038200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.10% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005038200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.2% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005038200 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005038200 scores 8.2/10, lower 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 36005038200 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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