Sugar Hill Eviction Risk: High , New York

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. It sits 0.9 points above the New York County average of 9.0.

SNAP participation runs 23.7% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 4,354 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally.

At $1,656 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of New York commands. The worst year on record was 2001, when 36.7% 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 31.0% of renter households face a filing.

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.