Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Wheatley Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36103122405 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 3,690

Tract 36103122405 sits in Wheatley Heights, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. It is home to 3,690 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 3% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units950
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$141,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Wheatley Heights
Very Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#246 of 384 tracts In Suffolk County
Low
Within state
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#4,137 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,618 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheatley Heights and the region

Centroid at 40.7648, -73.3605 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheatley Heights scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wheatley Heights
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
8.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheatley Heights
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheatley Heights
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheatley Heights
6.4

How Wheatley Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheatley Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 1224056.3Wheatley Heightsparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Wheatley Heights

Average gross rent is $3,501, 107% above the Wheatley Heights average. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. The voucher gap is 35.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Suffolk County average of 51.3%.

Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36103122405

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103122405?

Census tract 36103122405 in Wheatley Heights scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 36103122405?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36103122405?

5.4% of residents in tract 36103122405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,690.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36103122405?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 32th, minority 86th, housing 88th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36103122405 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.8% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36103122405 compare to Wheatley Heights overall?

Tract 36103122405 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Wheatley Heights at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheatley Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wheatley Heights

Top eight tracts in Wheatley Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related