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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Borough Park Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36047010402 · Kings County, NY · pop 2,131 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 36047010402 sits in the Borough Park area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 2,131 residents. 55% 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
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 27% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units631
Renter share78.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate48.4%
Median income$29,803

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 24 tracts In Borough Park
Very High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#495 of 2,324 tracts In New York
High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#200 of 804 tracts In Kings County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.6360, -74.0073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Borough Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New York
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
48.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,408 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 Borough Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Borough Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0104029.6New Yorkparent city9.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Borough Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Borough Park

Annualized rent equals 57% of average household income of $29,803, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 47.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 48%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against Kings County at 49.3%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10.

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,408, 23% below the New York average.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Kings County average of 9.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brooklyn. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #1 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 36047010402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047010402?

Census tract 36047010402 in the Borough Park neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 36047010402?

Median gross rent is $1,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36047010402?

48.4% of residents in tract 36047010402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,131.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36047010402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 89th, minority 90th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 36047010402 considered part of Borough Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047010402 fall within Borough Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36047010402 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.9% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36047010402 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36047010402 scores 9.9/10, higher 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.
Q8

Was tract 36047010402 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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