Hudson Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York

94% 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. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,362, 25% below the New York average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.

Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 43.9% across New York County. Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 24.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

It sits 0.9 points above the New York County average of 9.0. Court records carry 3,879 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 24.4% of renter households.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 21.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.