Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Merrickwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36059415401 · Nassau County, NY · pop 5,100 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 36059415401 sits in the Merrickwood area of Bellmore, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. Population here is 5,100. Against Nassau County at 44.5%, 22% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,721
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$162,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merrick and the region
Centroid at 40.6585, -73.5319 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrickwood scores 4.9
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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
8.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merrick
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merrick
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merrick
2.9
How Merrickwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Merrickwood. 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrickwood
Average gross rent is $3,501, 62% above the Bellmore average. The voucher gap is 35.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.5/10.
It sits 1.6 points below the Nassau County average of 6.5. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.6/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36059415401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36059415401?
Census tract 36059415401 in the Merrickwood neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 36059415401?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36059415401?
3.2% of residents in tract 36059415401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36059415401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 15th, minority 24th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 36059415401 considered part of Merrickwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36059415401 fall within Merrickwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36059415401 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36059415401 compare to Merrick overall?
Tract 36059415401 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Merrick at 6.1/10. 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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