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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Cambria Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36081061000 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,583 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 7.1/10, tract 36081061000 in the Cambria Heights area of New York ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,583 residents. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.

About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $87,500 a year. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units412
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$87,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#4 of 17 tracts In Cambria Heights
High
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,660 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Low
Within county
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#481 of 724 tracts In Queens County
Low
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#2,342 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.6902, -73.7433 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cambria Heights scores 6.5

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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 6.56.5This tracttract 061000New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 6.86.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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)

  • 41Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 30.98%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.7%Peak (2001)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360810610002000: 4 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2001: 7 filings (9.72/100 renter HHs)2002: 7 filings (9.72/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (9.72/100 renter HHs)2005: 6 filings (51.07/100 renter HHs)2006: 6 filings (51.07/100 renter HHs)2016: 4 filings (80.00/100 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 15th 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.

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 36081061000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081061000?

Census tract 36081061000 in the Cambria Heights neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 36081061000?

5.8% of residents in tract 36081061000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,583.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081061000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 2th, minority 98th, housing 27th.
Q4

Is tract 36081061000 considered part of Cambria Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081061000 fall within Cambria Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081061000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081061000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.98% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 36081061000 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36081061000 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081061000 scores 6.5/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 36081061000 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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