Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Wheatley Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36103122407 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 1,648
Tract 36103122407 sits in Wheatley Heights, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 1,648. Severe burden reaches 68%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units549
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$98,487
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheatley Heights and the region
Centroid at 40.7602, -73.3796 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheatley Heights scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,716 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheatley Heights
Against Suffolk County at 51.3%, 81% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Suffolk County average of 6.3 closely. Average gross rent is $1,716, close to the Wheatley Heights average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $98,487.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36103122407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103122407?
Census tract 36103122407 in Wheatley Heights scores 6.7/10 (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 36103122407?
Median gross rent is $1,716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103122407?
4.8% of residents in tract 36103122407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,648.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103122407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 39th, minority 81th, housing 23th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103122407 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103122407 compare to Wheatley Heights overall?
Tract 36103122407 scores 6.7/10, higher 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.
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