Within neighborhood
27
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally
South Ozone Park Eviction Risk: High , New York
Tract 36081083800 · Queens County, NY · pop 5,838 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 36081083800 covers part of the South Ozone Park area of New York, NY, and scores 8.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,838. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,617
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$96,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New York and the region
Centroid at 40.6703, -73.8195 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Ozone Park scores 8.9
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,167 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 South Ozone Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
- 100%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)
- 86Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2000)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Ozone Park. 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 18.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Ozone Park
Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 49.8% across Queens County. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Average gross rent is $2,167, 19% above the New York average. Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 86 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2000 at 4.2% of renter households. 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.
In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 36081083800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081083800?
Census tract 36081083800 in the South Ozone Park neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 36081083800?
Median gross rent is $2,167/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36081083800?
8.2% of residents in tract 36081083800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,838.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36081083800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 9th, minority 91th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 36081083800 considered part of South Ozone Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081083800 fall within South Ozone Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 36081083800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 36081083800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.61% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 36081083800 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 36081083800 compare to New York overall?
Tract 36081083800 scores 8.9/10, lower 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 36081083800 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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