Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Port Jefferson Station Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 36103158208 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 4,571

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36103158208 (Port Jefferson Station, New York) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,081 a month while the average household earns $145,536 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 8% Owners 88%

Tract context

Occupied units1,495

Renter share11.1%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate7.8%

Median income$145,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Port Jefferson Station and the region

Centroid at 40.9235, -73.0709 · click any tract to drill in

Why Port Jefferson Station scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Port Jefferson Station

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.0

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

7.8% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$3,081 rent vs county FMR

6.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Port Jefferson Station

8.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Port Jefferson Station

5.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Port Jefferson Station

6.9

How Port Jefferson Station compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

22%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.9%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
24.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Port Jefferson Station

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Port Jefferson Station, 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36103158208

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103158208?

Census tract 36103158208 in Port Jefferson Station scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36103158208?

Median gross rent is $3,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36103158208?

7.8% of residents in tract 36103158208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,571.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36103158208?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 25th, minority 42th, housing 44th.

What share of households in tract 36103158208 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36103158208 compare to Port Jefferson Station overall?

Tract 36103158208 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Port Jefferson Station at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Port Jefferson Station; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Port Jefferson Station

Top eight tracts in Port Jefferson Station ranked by composite eviction-risk score.