Within neighborhood
23
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Wakefield Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005042400 · Bronx County, NY · pop 2,682 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 36005042400 sits in the Wakefield area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units785
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$108,550
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8893, -73.8495 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wakefield 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,793 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Wakefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 240Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2000)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wakefield. 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.
- 25.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.9%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wakefield
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.1 points below the Bronx County average of 9.3. Food insecurity runs 27.9% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 240 evictions over 8 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2000 at 12.1% of renter households.
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 8.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005042400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005042400?
Census tract 36005042400 in the Wakefield 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 36005042400?
Median gross rent is $1,793/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005042400?
6.3% of residents in tract 36005042400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,682.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005042400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 84th, minority 97th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 36005042400 considered part of Wakefield?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005042400 fall within Wakefield (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005042400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 240 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005042400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.51% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005042400 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.0% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005042400 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005042400 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 36005042400 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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