Within neighborhood
79
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
East Elmhurst Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081037100 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,403 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 36081037100 sits in the East Elmhurst area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units560
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$74,702
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7641, -73.8636 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Elmhurst 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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,958 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 East Elmhurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 95%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
- 94%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)
- 47Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2002)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Elmhurst
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 47 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 5.2% 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 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081037100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081037100?
Census tract 36081037100 in the East Elmhurst 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 36081037100?
Median gross rent is $1,958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081037100?
12.0% of residents in tract 36081037100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,403.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081037100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 54th, minority 95th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 36081037100 considered part of East Elmhurst?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081037100 fall within East Elmhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081037100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081037100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.33% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081037100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081037100 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081037100 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 36081037100 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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