Within neighborhood
7
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
East Elmhurst Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36081036100 · Queens County, NY · pop 2,201 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 36081036100 covers the East Elmhurst area of New York, home to 2,201 residents. For landlords it grades 7.1/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,003 monthly, set against $95,096 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units674
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$95,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7613, -73.8724 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Elmhurst scores 6.6
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,003 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 40%Grade C
- 60%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)
- 254Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2006)
- 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 25.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.8%Food insecurity
- 19.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 18.2%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Elmhurst
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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 Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 77th 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 60% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 36081036100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081036100?
Census tract 36081036100 in the East Elmhurst neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 36081036100?
Median gross rent is $2,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081036100?
9.7% of residents in tract 36081036100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081036100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 44th, minority 98th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 36081036100 considered part of East Elmhurst?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081036100 fall within East Elmhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081036100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081036100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.98% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081036100 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.0% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081036100 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081036100 scores 6.6/10, 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 36081036100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 60% 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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