Within neighborhood
73
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyside Gardens Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081014900 · Queens County, NY · pop 2,240 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
36081014900 is a census tract in the Sunnyside Gardens area of New York, NY. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 38% 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 58%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,015
Renter share95.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$62,740
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7619, -73.9144 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunnyside Gardens 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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$2,230 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Sunnyside Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 100%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)
- 145Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2001)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sunnyside Gardens. 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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyside Gardens
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $62,740 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Queens County average of 49.8%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
At $2,230 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of New York commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 145 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 3.4% of renter households were served.
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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081014900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081014900?
Census tract 36081014900 in the Sunnyside Gardens 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 36081014900?
Median gross rent is $2,230/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081014900?
15.5% of residents in tract 36081014900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081014900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 4th, minority 62th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 36081014900 considered part of Sunnyside Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081014900 fall within Sunnyside Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081014900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081014900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081014900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081014900 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081014900 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 36081014900 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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