Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Flushing Chinatown Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081079701 · Queens County, NY · pop 6,245 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 36081079701 covers part of the Flushing Chinatown area of New York, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,245. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,955
Renter share77.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$55,800
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7533, -73.8248 · click any tract to drill in
Why Flushing Chinatown scores 9.9
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
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,694 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Flushing Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 57%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)
- 1,062Total filings over 7 yrs
- 17.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.3%Peak (2001)
- 64Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Flushing Chinatown. 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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.6%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Flushing Chinatown
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $55,800 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Queens County average of 49.8%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 27.6% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 1,062 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 24.3% of renter households were served. 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081079701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081079701?
Census tract 36081079701 in the Flushing Chinatown neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 36081079701?
Median gross rent is $1,694/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081079701?
24.4% of residents in tract 36081079701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,245.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081079701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 57th, minority 95th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 36081079701 considered part of Flushing Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081079701 fall within Flushing Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081079701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,062 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081079701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.24% of renter households, peaking at 24.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081079701 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081079701 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081079701 scores 9.9/10, higher 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 36081079701 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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