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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Flushing Chinatown Eviction Risk: High , New York

Tract 36081084902 · Queens County, NY · pop 4,000 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 36081084902 sits in the Flushing Chinatown area of New York eviction laws, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 4,000. Food insecurity runs 47.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 33% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share82.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$45,658

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 13 tracts In Flushing Chinatown
Moderate
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#729 of 2,324 tracts In New York
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#60 of 724 tracts In Queens County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7563, -73.8308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Flushing Chinatown scores 9.9

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
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,599 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 Flushing Chinatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Flushing Chinatown risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0849029.6New Yorkparent city9.3Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Flushing Chinatown

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. SNAP participation runs 38.4% against 15.2% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $45,658 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Queens County at 49.8%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.

At $1,599 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of New York commands. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36081084902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36081084902?

Census tract 36081084902 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 36081084902?

Median gross rent is $1,599/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36081084902?

31.6% of residents in tract 36081084902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,000.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36081084902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 27th, minority 97th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 36081084902 considered part of Flushing Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36081084902 fall within Flushing Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36081084902 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36081084902 compare to New York overall?

Tract 36081084902 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.
Q8

Was tract 36081084902 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 94% 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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