Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
East Harlem Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36061016200 · New York County, NY · pop 9,015 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 36061016200 covers part of the East Harlem area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 9,015. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units4,617
Renter share95.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate42.2%
Median income$22,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7880, -73.9406 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Harlem 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
42.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$843 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 East Harlem compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 9%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)
- 9,661Total filings over 7 yrs
- 40.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 51.6%Peak (2002)
- 1,296Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Harlem. 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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.8%Food insecurity
- 44.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.0%Transit barriers
- 15.6%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Harlem
At $843 a month, rents run 54% under what the rest of New York commands. Food insecurity runs 43.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 44.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Set annual rent against average income of $22,923 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Cost burden runs 54% here against 43.9% across New York County. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. It sits 0.9 points above the New York County average of 9.0.
Court records carry 9,661 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36061016200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36061016200?
Census tract 36061016200 in the East Harlem 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 36061016200?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36061016200?
42.2% of residents in tract 36061016200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,015.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36061016200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 92th, minority 92th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 36061016200 considered part of East Harlem?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36061016200 fall within East Harlem (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36061016200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9,661 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36061016200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.50% of renter households, peaking at 51.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36061016200 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36061016200 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36061016200 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 36061016200 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. 9% 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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