Within neighborhood
21
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Saint Albans Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081050400 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,852 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
36081050400 is a census tract in the Saint Albans area of New York, NY. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,852 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units537
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$130,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7051, -73.7644 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saint Albans scores 8.3
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,771 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Saint Albans compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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
- 100%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)
- 102Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2004)
- 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Saint Albans. 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.
- 21.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saint Albans
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Queens County average of 49.8%.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Queens County average of 9.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 filings here across 7 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 21.3% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.0% of renter households.
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. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081050400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081050400?
Census tract 36081050400 in the Saint Albans neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 36081050400?
Median gross rent is $1,771/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081050400?
8.6% of residents in tract 36081050400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,852.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081050400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 75th, minority 94th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 36081050400 considered part of Saint Albans?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081050400 fall within Saint Albans (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081050400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081050400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.56% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081050400 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.3% 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 36081050400 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081050400 scores 8.3/10, lower 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 36081050400 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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