Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Gravesend Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36047041800 · Kings County, NY · pop 2,598 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 36047041800 runs through the Gravesend area of New York. With 2,598 residents, it scores 7.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,364 monthly, set against $60,833 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 42% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units862
Renter share72.6%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$60,833

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 25 tracts In Gravesend
Elevated
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#686 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Elevated
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#269 of 804 tracts In Kings County
Elevated
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#1,016 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.6054, -73.9649 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gravesend scores 7.8

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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,364 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 Gravesend compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gravesend risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.87.8This tracttract 041800New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 7.47.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg 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.

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)

  • 163Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.8%Peak (2000)
  • 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360470418002000: 29 filings (4.76/100 renter HHs)2001: 16 filings (2.63/100 renter HHs)2002: 29 filings (4.76/100 renter HHs)2003: 22 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2004: 25 filings (4.11/100 renter HHs)2005: 23 filings (5.67/100 renter HHs)2006: 19 filings (4.68/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 34% 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 safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 36047041800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047041800?

Census tract 36047041800 in the Gravesend neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 36047041800?

Median gross rent is $1,364/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36047041800?

16.9% of residents in tract 36047041800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,598.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36047041800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 97th, minority 37th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 36047041800 considered part of Gravesend?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047041800 fall within Gravesend (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047041800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047041800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.32% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36047041800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36047041800 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36047041800 scores 7.8/10, 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 36047041800 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New York

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

Related