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Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Yaphank Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36103158709 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 3,189

Tract 36103158709 sits in Yaphank, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 3,189. 56% 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
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 14% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,696
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$94,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Yaphank
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 384 tracts In Suffolk County
High
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#3,073 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Moderate
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#9,043 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Yaphank and the region

Centroid at 40.8518, -72.9216 · click any tract to drill in

Why Yaphank scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Yaphank
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,836 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Yaphank
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Yaphank
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Yaphank
6.4

How Yaphank compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Yaphank risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 1587097.2Yaphankparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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 Yaphank

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Against Suffolk County at 51.3%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Set annual rent against average income of $94,500 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Suffolk County average of 6.3.

Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition 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. Average gross rent is $2,836, close to the Yaphank average.

39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36103158709

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103158709?

Census tract 36103158709 in Yaphank scores 7.8/10 (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 36103158709?

Median gross rent is $2,836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36103158709?

5.2% of residents in tract 36103158709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,189.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36103158709?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 4th, minority 23th, housing 63th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36103158709 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36103158709 compare to Yaphank overall?

Tract 36103158709 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Yaphank at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Yaphank; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Yaphank

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

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