Within neighborhood
94
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,005 of 84,120 nationally
Greenpoint Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36047052300 · Kings County, NY · pop 5,236 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 36047052300 sits in Greenpoint in New York eviction laws, New York eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,265 a month against an average household income of $77,976 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 80% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units2,348
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$77,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7117, -73.9588 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenpoint scores 8
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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$2,265 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Greenpoint compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 88%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)
- 1,306Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2001)
- 153Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 18.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.9%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenpoint
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 above 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 88% 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% 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 36047052300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047052300?
Census tract 36047052300 in the Greenpoint neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 36047052300?
Median gross rent is $2,265/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36047052300?
24.0% of residents in tract 36047052300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,236.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36047052300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 47th, minority 75th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 36047052300 considered part of Greenpoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047052300 fall within Greenpoint (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047052300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,306 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047052300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.17% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36047052300 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.7% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36047052300 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36047052300 scores 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 36047052300 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. 88% 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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