Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
St. James Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36103135002 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 5,208
Tract 36103135002 covers St. James in Suffolk County in New York. Home to 5,208 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,952 monthly, set against $126,652 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,872
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$126,652
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. James and the region
Centroid at 40.8690, -73.1648 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. James scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. James
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,952 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. James
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. James
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. James
4.8
How St. James compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. James
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. James, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Suffolk County average of 5.6 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36103135002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103135002?
Census tract 36103135002 in St. James scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 36103135002?
Median gross rent is $1,952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103135002?
2.9% of residents in tract 36103135002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,208.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103135002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 10th, minority 25th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103135002 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103135002 compare to St. James overall?
Tract 36103135002 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of St. James at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. James; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. James
Top eight tracts in St. James ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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