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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

LeFrak City Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36081045500 · Queens County, NY · pop 13,869 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 36081045500 sits in the LeFrak City area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 13,869 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 53% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units4,434
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$76,386

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 19 tracts In LeFrak City
Moderate
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Very High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#200 of 724 tracts In Queens County
Elevated
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7363, -73.8623 · click any tract to drill in

Why LeFrak City 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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$2,017 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 LeFrak City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
LeFrak City risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0455009.6New Yorkparent city9.3Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

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)

  • 10,592Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 32.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 38.5%Peak (2005)
  • 1,524Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 36081045500
Filings climbed 16% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within LeFrak City. 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 LeFrak City

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.1% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 23.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10,592 filings here across 7 tracked years. At $2,017 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of New York commands.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 38.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 32.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36081045500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081045500?

Census tract 36081045500 in the LeFrak City 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 36081045500?

Median gross rent is $2,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081045500?

19.4% of residents in tract 36081045500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 13,869.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081045500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 63th, minority 89th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 36081045500 considered part of LeFrak City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081045500 fall within LeFrak City (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081045500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10,592 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081045500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.87% of renter households, peaking at 38.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36081045500 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36081045500 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081045500 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New York

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

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