Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Ronkonkoma Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36103135403 ·
Suffolk County, NY · pop 4,242
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 36103135403 in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,242 residents. The severe-burden share is 54%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%Stable renters 4%Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,500
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$106,600
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#3 of 5 tracts In Lake Ronkonkoma
Moderate
Within county
83th percentile
#65 of 384 tracts In Suffolk County
High
Within state
41th percentile
#3,203 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Moderate
National
87th percentile
#10,727 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Ronkonkoma and the region
Centroid at 40.8379, -73.1338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Ronkonkoma scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lake Ronkonkoma
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,054 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Ronkonkoma
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Ronkonkoma
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Ronkonkoma
6.0
How Lake Ronkonkoma compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
10.6%Housing insecurity
6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Ronkonkoma
roughly three in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Suffolk County average of 51.3%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Suffolk County average of 6.3. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 17% 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 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Average gross rent is $2,054, close to the Lake Ronkonkoma average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $106,600.
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 36103135403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103135403?
Census tract 36103135403 in Lake Ronkonkoma scores 7.4/10 (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 36103135403?
Median gross rent is $2,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103135403?
6.7% of residents in tract 36103135403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,242.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103135403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 32th, minority 45th, housing 36th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103135403 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103135403 compare to Lake Ronkonkoma overall?
Tract 36103135403 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lake Ronkonkoma at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Ronkonkoma; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
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