Within neighborhood
56
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
Greenpoint Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36047050100 · Kings County, NY · pop 3,092 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
In Greenpoint in New York, census tract 36047050100 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,481 monthly, set against $132,159 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 56%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,509
Renter share77.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$132,159
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7157, -73.9489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenpoint scores 6.2
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$2,481 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Greenpoint compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 83Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2000)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greenpoint. 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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 20.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenpoint
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 below 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 12.8% 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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 36047050100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047050100?
Census tract 36047050100 in the Greenpoint neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 36047050100?
Median gross rent is $2,481/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36047050100?
12.8% of residents in tract 36047050100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36047050100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 10th, minority 61th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 36047050100 considered part of Greenpoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047050100 fall within Greenpoint (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047050100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047050100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.19% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36047050100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36047050100 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36047050100 scores 6.2/10, 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 36047050100 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. 100% 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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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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