Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Lower East Side Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36061001800 · New York County, NY · pop 6,948 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 36061001800 covers part of the Lower East Side area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units2,979
Renter share88.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$79,973
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7190, -73.9908 · 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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$2,066 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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 1,235Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2006)
- 198Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 49% 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.7%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower East Side
This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Against the New York County average of 9.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
The filing record is not thin: 1,235 evictions over 7 years of observation. Average gross rent is $2,066, 13% above the New York average.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 6.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Manhattan. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36061001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36061001800?
Census tract 36061001800 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 36061001800?
Median gross rent is $2,066/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36061001800?
14.5% of residents in tract 36061001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,948.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36061001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 37th, minority 79th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 36061001800 considered part of Lower East Side?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36061001800 fall within Lower East Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36061001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,235 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36061001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.62% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36061001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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 36061001800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36061001800 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 36061001800 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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Highest-risk tracts in New York
Top eight tracts in New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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9.9
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9.9
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
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