Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Eastchester Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005038800 · Bronx County, NY · pop 2,967 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 9.3/10, tract 36005038800 in the Eastchester Heights area of New York, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,967 residents. 38% 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
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share45.8%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$68,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8796, -73.8554 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastchester Heights scores 9.3
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
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,736 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 339Total filings over 8 yrs
- 10.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2001)
- 49Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 30.6%Housing insecurity
- 18.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.9%Food insecurity
- 32.7%SNAP enrollment
- 16.0%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastchester Heights
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.
SNAP participation runs 32.7% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Against Bronx County at 56.0%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 339 evictions over 8 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2001, when 12.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 10.3% 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 36005038800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005038800?
Census tract 36005038800 in the Eastchester Heights neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 36005038800?
Median gross rent is $1,736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005038800?
23.4% of residents in tract 36005038800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,967.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005038800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 89th, minority 99th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 36005038800 considered part of Eastchester Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005038800 fall within Eastchester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005038800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 339 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005038800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.27% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005038800 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.6% 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005038800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005038800 scores 9.3/10, 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 36005038800 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
/ 10 · Very High
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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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