Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyside Gardens Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081016300 · Queens County, NY · pop 4,169 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
36081016300 is a census tract in the Sunnyside Gardens area of New York, NY. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,169 residents. Average gross rent is $624, 66% below the New York average.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 56%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,678
Renter share94.5%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$40,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7563, -73.9099 · 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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$624 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 28%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)
- 2,028Total filings over 7 yrs
- 18.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.9%Peak (2002)
- 89Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 70% 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.
- 27.4%Housing insecurity
- 14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.0%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyside Gardens
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against Queens County at 49.8%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Housing insecurity runs 27.4% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,028 filings here across 7 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2002, when 31.9% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Queens. 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 18.3% 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081016300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081016300?
Census tract 36081016300 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 36081016300?
Median gross rent is $624/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081016300?
18.6% of residents in tract 36081016300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,169.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081016300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 93th, minority 87th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 36081016300 considered part of Sunnyside Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081016300 fall within Sunnyside Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081016300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,028 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081016300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.33% of renter households, peaking at 31.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081016300 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.4% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081016300 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081016300 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 36081016300 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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