Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36061022500 · New York County, NY · pop 10,647 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 36061022500 sits in the Hamilton Heights area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 10,647 residents. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units3,845
Renter share82.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$58,015
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.8251, -73.9572 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Heights 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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,579 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 Hamilton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 39%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 3,977Total filings over 7 yrs
- 18.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2002)
- 476Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hamilton Heights. 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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.8%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Heights
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $58,015, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10.
Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 43.9% across New York County. SNAP participation runs 23.8% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 0.9 points above the New York County average of 9.0. The filing record is not thin: 3,977 evictions over 7 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,579, 13% below the New York average.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 20.3% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36061022500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36061022500?
Census tract 36061022500 in the Hamilton Heights 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 36061022500?
Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36061022500?
23.3% of residents in tract 36061022500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 10,647.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36061022500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 66th, minority 89th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 36061022500 considered part of Hamilton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36061022500 fall within Hamilton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36061022500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,977 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36061022500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.90% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36061022500 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36061022500 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36061022500 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 36061022500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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
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9.9
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9.9
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/ 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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/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
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