Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Ozone Park Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081008600 · Queens County, NY · pop 2,760 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 36081008600 covers part of the Ozone Park area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. 35% 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 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units979
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$72,205
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.6771, -73.8411 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ozone Park scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New York
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,862 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Ozone Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 87%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)
- 72Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2000)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ozone Park. 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.
- 21.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 18.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ozone Park
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.8% across Queens County. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 21.3% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2000 at 4.0% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081008600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081008600?
Census tract 36081008600 in the Ozone Park 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 36081008600?
Median gross rent is $1,862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081008600?
16.5% of residents in tract 36081008600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,760.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081008600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 42th, minority 80th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 36081008600 considered part of Ozone Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081008600 fall within Ozone Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081008600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081008600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.13% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081008600 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.3% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081008600 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081008600 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 36081008600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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