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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Mott Haven Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36061020600 · New York County, NY · pop 3,839 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

36061020600 is a census tract in the Mott Haven area of New York, NY. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 38% Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units1,688
Renter share89.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate29.3%
Median income$51,100

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Mott Haven
Very High
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Very High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 310 tracts In New York County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.8083, -73.9388 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mott Haven scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
29.3% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,705 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 Mott Haven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mott Haven risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0206009.6New Yorkparent city9.0Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 1,123Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 18.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.5%Peak (2000)
  • 161Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 36061020600
Filings dropped 15% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mott Haven. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mott Haven

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the New York County average of 43.9%. Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $51,100, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 27.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 24.0% against 14.2% nationally. 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. Court records carry 1,123 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 36061020600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36061020600?

Census tract 36061020600 in the Mott Haven 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 36061020600?

Median gross rent is $1,705/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36061020600?

29.3% of residents in tract 36061020600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,839.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36061020600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 9th, minority 85th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 36061020600 considered part of Mott Haven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36061020600 fall within Mott Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36061020600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,123 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36061020600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.51% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36061020600 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.0% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36061020600 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36061020600 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 36061020600 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. 93% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New York

Top eight tracts in New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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