Within neighborhood
64
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Springfield Gardens Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York
Tract 36081061602 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,013 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 36081061602 covers Springfield Gardens in New York, home to 1,013 residents. For landlords it grades 5.7/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $105,682 a year. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units386
Renter share7.3%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$105,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.6776, -73.7292 · click any tract to drill in
Why Springfield Gardens scores 6.1
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
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
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 Springfield Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 44%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)
- 13Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2002)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Springfield Gardens. 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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Springfield Gardens
The heaviest input here 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 below the Queens County average of 7.0 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 22nd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081061602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081061602?
Census tract 36081061602 in the Springfield Gardens neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 36081061602?
2.7% of residents in tract 36081061602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,013.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081061602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 64th, minority 96th, housing 19th.
Q4
Is tract 36081061602 considered part of Springfield Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081061602 fall within Springfield Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081061602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 36081061602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.90% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 36081061602 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36081061602 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081061602 scores 6.1/10, 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 36081061602 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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