Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Merrick Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36059415202 · Nassau County, NY · pop 4,304
Eviction risk in Merrick centers on tract 36059415202, which scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,304 residents. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 90% of renter households, a severe level, and 90% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $191,228 a year. Renters make up 1% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,459
Renter share1.4%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$191,228
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
0
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merrick and the region
Centroid at 40.6458, -73.5364 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrick scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merrick
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merrick
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merrick
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merrick
4.3
How Merrick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 20.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrick
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. 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 Merrick, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059415202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059415202?
Census tract 36059415202 in Merrick scores 1.2/10 (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 36059415202?
2.7% of residents in tract 36059415202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,304.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059415202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 25th, minority 19th, housing 2th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 36059415202 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 36059415202 compare to Merrick overall?
Tract 36059415202 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Merrick at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merrick; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Merrick
Top eight tracts in Merrick ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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