Within neighborhood
8
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Gravesend Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36047038800 · Kings County, NY · pop 3,996 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In Gravesend in New York, census tract 36047038800 scores 7.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #2,346 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,754 a month against an average household income of $94,612 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$94,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.5929, -73.9693 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gravesend scores 7.1
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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,754 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Gravesend compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 2%Grade C
- 98%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)
- 327Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2004)
- 37Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Gravesend. 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.9%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gravesend
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from New York eviction laws, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kings County average of 7.3 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 98% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36047038800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047038800?
Census tract 36047038800 in the Gravesend neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 36047038800?
Median gross rent is $1,754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36047038800?
16.4% of residents in tract 36047038800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36047038800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 41th, minority 45th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 36047038800 considered part of Gravesend?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047038800 fall within Gravesend (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047038800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 327 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047038800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.05% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36047038800 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36047038800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36047038800 scores 7.1/10, lower than the parent city of New York at 9.7/10. 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 36047038800 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. 98% 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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