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

Springfield Gardens Eviction Risk: Elevated , New York

Tract 36081061800 · Queens County, NY · pop 1,809 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Springfield Gardens area of New York for landlords? Census tract 36081061800 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #5,020 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,467 a month while the average household earns $91,638 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 11% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units716
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$91,638

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Springfield Gardens
Very High
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,645 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Low
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#488 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 40.6769, -73.7364 · click any tract to drill in

Why Springfield Gardens 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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,467 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 Springfield Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Springfield Gardens risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 061800New York: 9.79.7New Yorkparent cityCounty: 6.86.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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)

  • 49Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.1%Peak (2001)
  • 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 360810618002000: 6 filings (3.08/100 renter HHs)2001: 10 filings (5.13/100 renter HHs)2002: 6 filings (3.08/100 renter HHs)2004: 5 filings (2.56/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (7.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (8.89/100 renter HHs)2016: 7 filings (3.98/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 17% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Springfield Gardens

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 21.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 36081061800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081061800?

Census tract 36081061800 in the Springfield Gardens 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 average rent in tract 36081061800?

Median gross rent is $1,467/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081061800?

8.2% of residents in tract 36081061800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,809.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081061800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 19th, minority 98th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 36081061800 considered part of Springfield Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081061800 fall within Springfield Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081061800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081061800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.93% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 36081061800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.4% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 36081061800 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081061800 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.
Q9

Was tract 36081061800 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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