Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Brookhaven Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36103159204 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 3,815 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Brookhaven
36103159204 is a census tract in Brookhaven, NY. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,815. 49% 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
8.3
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$99,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 40.7694, -72.9162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookhaven scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,907 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.3
How Brookhaven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Against the Suffolk County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Against Suffolk County at 51.3%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,907, 19% below the Brookhaven average.
On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $99,722.
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 36103159204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103159204?
Census tract 36103159204 in Brookhaven scores 8.3/10 (High 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 36103159204?
Median gross rent is $1,907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103159204?
13.7% of residents in tract 36103159204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103159204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 34th, minority 40th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103159204 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 36103159204 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 36103159204 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Brookhaven at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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