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Gravesend Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36047040200 · Kings County, NY · pop 2,702 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 36047040200 covers Gravesend in New York, home to 2,702 residents. For landlords it grades 7.6/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 70% of renter households, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,703 a month while the average household earns $70,486 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 16% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units825
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$70,486

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 25 tracts In Gravesend
High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#589 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Elevated
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#200 of 804 tracts In Kings County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#817 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.5960, -73.9827 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gravesend scores 8.1

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
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,703 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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: 8.18.1This tracttract 040200New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 7.47.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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)

  • 83Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2002)
  • 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360470402002000: 9 filings (1.68/100 renter HHs)2001: 8 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2002: 24 filings (4.47/100 renter HHs)2003: 8 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2004: 12 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (1.87/100 renter HHs)2006: 14 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 56% 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

The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Asian and ranks around the 72nd 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% 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 36047040200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047040200?

Census tract 36047040200 in the Gravesend neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 36047040200?

Median gross rent is $1,703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36047040200?

24.5% of residents in tract 36047040200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36047040200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 43th, minority 84th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 36047040200 considered part of Gravesend?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047040200 fall within Gravesend (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047040200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047040200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36047040200 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.1% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36047040200 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36047040200 scores 8.1/10, 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 36047040200 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. 47% 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

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Top eight tracts in New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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