Within neighborhood
66
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally
Greenpoint Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36047059300 · Kings County, NY · pop 2,360 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Greenpoint in New York is where census tract 36047059300 sits, home to 2,360 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.2/10. It lands near the 96th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,285 a month against an average household income of $106,544 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 76% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,020
Renter share76.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$106,544
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7260, -73.9383 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenpoint scores 6.8
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
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$2,285 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 49%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)
- 166Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2000)
- 30Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.1%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 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 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 166 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2000.
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 36047059300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36047059300?
Census tract 36047059300 in the Greenpoint neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 36047059300?
Median gross rent is $2,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36047059300?
15.1% of residents in tract 36047059300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,360.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36047059300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 13th, minority 39th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 36047059300 considered part of Greenpoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36047059300 fall within Greenpoint (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36047059300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36047059300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36047059300 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36047059300 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36047059300 scores 6.8/10, 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 36047059300 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. 49% 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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