Within neighborhood
39
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Wakefield Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36005042800 · Bronx County, NY · pop 2,014 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
36005042800 is a census tract in the Wakefield area of New York, NY. It scores 8.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,014. Severe burden reaches 69%. 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 15%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$101,163
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8945, -73.8457 · 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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,784 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 Wakefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 141Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2003)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% 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.
- 24.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wakefield
Cost burden runs 85% here against 56.0% across Bronx County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
It sits 1.1 points below the Bronx County average of 9.3. Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 141 eviction filings across 8 observed years. SNAP participation runs 23.5% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 8.3% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 6.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,784, close to the New York average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36005042800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36005042800?
Census tract 36005042800 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 36005042800?
Median gross rent is $1,784/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36005042800?
12.1% of residents in tract 36005042800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,014.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36005042800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 87th, minority 97th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 36005042800 considered part of Wakefield?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36005042800 fall within Wakefield (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36005042800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 36005042800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.52% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36005042800 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.6% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36005042800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36005042800 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 36005042800 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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