Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Cambria Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Elmont
Tract 36059404901 · Nassau County, NY · pop 5,228 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 36059404901, home to 5,228 residents in the Cambria Heights neighborhood of Elmont, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $151,711 a year. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,306
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$151,711
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elmont and the region
Centroid at 40.7022, -73.7221 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cambria Heights scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elmont
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elmont
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elmont
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elmont
5.2
How Cambria Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%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 Cambria Heights. 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cambria Heights
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.6/10. 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 Elmont eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Nassau County average of 5.5 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059404901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059404901?
Census tract 36059404901 in the Cambria Heights neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 36059404901?
3.5% of residents in tract 36059404901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,228.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059404901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 65th, minority 94th, housing 1th.
Q4
Is tract 36059404901 considered part of Cambria Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36059404901 fall within Cambria Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 36059404901 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36059404901 compare to Elmont overall?
Tract 36059404901 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Elmont at 8.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elmont eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36059404901 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 Elmont
Top eight tracts in Elmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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