Neighborhood · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally

Greenpoint Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36047056302 · Kings County, NY · pop 1,791 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Elevated-tier score of 6.9/10 for census tract 36047056302 reflects conditions in the Greenpoint area of New York, New York. That is riskier than about 93% of US census tracts.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,114 a month against an average household income of $74,732 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 58% Owners 2%

Tract context

Occupied units1,139

Renter share97.3%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate9.3%

Median income$74,732

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7367, -73.9588 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenpoint scores 7

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

9.3% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$2,114 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 64

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

57%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
86%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
3%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.

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.

15.5%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
18.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenpoint

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 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.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 64th 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 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% 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 36047056302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047056302?

Census tract 36047056302 in the Greenpoint neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36047056302?

Median gross rent is $2,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36047056302?

9.3% of residents in tract 36047056302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,791.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36047056302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 23th, minority 63th, housing 86th.

Is tract 36047056302 considered part of Greenpoint?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047056302 fall within Greenpoint (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36047056302 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36047056302 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36047056302 scores 7/10, 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.

Was tract 36047056302 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. 3% 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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