Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Lower East Side Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36061001402 · New York County, NY · pop 3,286 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 36061001402 sits in the Lower East Side area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,807
Renter share91.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate32.2%
Median income$50,347
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7175, -73.9859 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lower East Side scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New York
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
32.2% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,263 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Lower East Side compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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
- 100%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)
- 925Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2003)
- 147Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lower East Side. 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.
- 19.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.2%Food insecurity
- 23.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower East Side
91% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $1,263, 31% below the New York average. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, economic stress reads 8.1/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
Food insecurity runs 27.2% against 17.8% nationally. Against the New York County average of 9.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
Court records carry 925 eviction filings across 7 observed years. SNAP participation runs 23.3% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 14.2% of renter households were served.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 36061001402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36061001402?
Census tract 36061001402 in the Lower East Side neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 36061001402?
Median gross rent is $1,263/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36061001402?
32.2% of residents in tract 36061001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,286.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36061001402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 88th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 36061001402 considered part of Lower East Side?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36061001402 fall within Lower East Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36061001402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 925 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36061001402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.34% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36061001402 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.2% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36061001402 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36061001402 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of New York at 9.6/10. 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 36061001402 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. 100% 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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