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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally

Gravesend Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36047039200 · Kings County, NY · pop 3,351 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 36047039200 belongs to the Gravesend neighborhood of New York, New York. It is home to 3,351 residents and scores 7.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #3,045 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,727 a month against an average household income of $56,375 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 27% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,182
Renter share71.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$56,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 25 tracts In Gravesend
Moderate
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#907 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Elevated
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#379 of 804 tracts In Kings County
Moderate
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,234 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.5959, -73.9630 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gravesend scores 7.5

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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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.
Gravesend risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.57.5This tracttract 039200New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 7.47.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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.

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)

  • 173Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2000)
  • 25Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360470392002000: 29 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2001: 29 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2002: 29 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2003: 19 filings (2.64/100 renter HHs)2004: 19 filings (2.64/100 renter HHs)2005: 23 filings (4.01/100 renter HHs)2006: 25 filings (4.36/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gravesend

What moves this score most is 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 safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 24% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 36047039200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047039200?

Census tract 36047039200 in the Gravesend neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 36047039200?

Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36047039200?

11.6% of residents in tract 36047039200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,351.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36047039200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 62th, minority 45th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 36047039200 considered part of Gravesend?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047039200 fall within Gravesend (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047039200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047039200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36047039200 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36047039200 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36047039200 scores 7.5/10, 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 36047039200 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. 24% 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.

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