Mott Haven Eviction Risk: High , New York

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, economic stress reads 9.2/10. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,203, 34% below the New York average.

Housing insecurity runs 29.4% against 14.2% nationally. Against New York County at 43.9%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

It sits 0.9 points above the New York County average of 9.0. The filing record is not thin: 10,722 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2004, when 58.3% 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.