Within neighborhood
81
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Dyker Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36047019600 · Kings County, NY · pop 4,845 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
36047019600 is a census tract in the Dyker Heights area of New York, NY. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 35% 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 41%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,553
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate27.4%
Median income$82,044
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.6234, -74.0042 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dyker Heights scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
27.4% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,897 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Dyker 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.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 71%Grade C
- 29%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)
- 170Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2003)
- 25Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dyker 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.
- 19.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.6%Food insecurity
- 22.2%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dyker Heights
Against Kings County at 49.3%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 29.6% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 170 evictions over 7 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Kings County average of 9.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2003 at 3.5% of renter households. 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 2.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36047019600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047019600?
Census tract 36047019600 in the Dyker Heights 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 36047019600?
Median gross rent is $1,897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36047019600?
27.4% of residents in tract 36047019600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,845.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36047019600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 90th, minority 77th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 36047019600 considered part of Dyker Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047019600 fall within Dyker Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047019600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047019600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36047019600 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.1% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36047019600 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36047019600 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.
Q9
Was tract 36047019600 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. 29% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New York
Top eight tracts in New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NY
Dyker Heights
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Sunnyside Gardens
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Bedford-Stuyvesant
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Eastern Parkway
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Corona
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Bushwick
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Brownsville
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
West Farms
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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