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Cambria Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36081059000 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,186 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

The Cambria Heights neighborhood of New York anchors census tract 36081059000, which lands at 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 90% of renter households, a severe level, and 62% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,162 monthly, set against $76,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 1% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units393
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$76,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 17 tracts In Cambria Heights
Very High
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#1,337 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Moderate
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#272 of 724 tracts In Queens County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#1,835 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7013, -73.7370 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cambria Heights scores 6.9

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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Cambria Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cambria Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 059000New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 6.86.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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)

  • 28Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.8%Peak (2000)
  • 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360810590002000: 5 filings (8.77/100 renter HHs)2001: 3 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)2002: 3 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (7.02/100 renter HHs)2005: 3 filings (7.14/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (11.90/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cambria Heights. 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 Cambria Heights

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 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 36081059000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081059000?

Census tract 36081059000 in the Cambria Heights neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 36081059000?

Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 90% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081059000?

10.8% of residents in tract 36081059000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,186.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081059000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 44th, minority 86th, housing 12th.
Q5

Is tract 36081059000 considered part of Cambria Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081059000 fall within Cambria Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081059000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081059000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.19% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36081059000 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36081059000 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081059000 scores 6.9/10, 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 36081059000 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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