Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Jackson Heights Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36081026501 · Queens County, NY · pop 3,131 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 36081026501 covers part of the Jackson Heights area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,131. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 41% Owners 11%

Tract context

Occupied units1,101

Renter share88.6%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate16.6%

Median income$63,520

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7456, -73.8927 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jackson Heights scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

16.6% poverty · this tract

4.2

Supply constraint

$1,965 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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 Jackson Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

83%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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
2%Grade B
98%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Jackson Heights. 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.

16.6%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
24.1%Food insecurity
14.8%SNAP enrollment
9.8%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Jackson Heights

The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $63,520, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Queens County average of 49.8%.

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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. 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 most pressured.

It tracks the Queens County average of 9.3 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36081026501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081026501?

Census tract 36081026501 in the Jackson Heights 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36081026501?

Median gross rent is $1,965/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081026501?

16.6% of residents in tract 36081026501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,131.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081026501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 58th, minority 85th, housing 95th.

Is tract 36081026501 considered part of Jackson Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081026501 fall within Jackson Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36081026501 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.6% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36081026501 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081026501 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.

Was tract 36081026501 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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