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East Elmhurst Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36081034700 · Queens County, NY · pop 3,360 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

In East Elmhurst in New York, census tract 36081034700 scores 7.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 98% of US census tracts.

About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,410 monthly, set against $75,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 19% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units953
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$75,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 15 tracts In East Elmhurst
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#742 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 724 tracts In Queens County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#1,078 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7669, -73.8787 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Elmhurst scores 7.7

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
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$2,410 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 East Elmhurst compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Elmhurst risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.77.7This tracttract 034700New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 6.86.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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.

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)

  • 127Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2001)
  • 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360810347002000: 23 filings (4.43/100 renter HHs)2001: 28 filings (5.39/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (2.31/100 renter HHs)2004: 14 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (5.72/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (4.77/100 renter HHs)2016: 17 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Elmhurst. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Elmhurst

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from New York eviction laws, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Queens County average of 7.0 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 36081034700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081034700?

Census tract 36081034700 in the East Elmhurst neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 36081034700?

Median gross rent is $2,410/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081034700?

20.2% of residents in tract 36081034700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,360.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081034700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 30th, minority 93th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 36081034700 considered part of East Elmhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081034700 fall within East Elmhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081034700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 127 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081034700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.16% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36081034700 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.8% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36081034700 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081034700 scores 7.7/10, lower than the parent city of New York at 9.7/10. 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 36081034700 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New York

Top eight tracts in New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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