Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
Riverhead Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36103169904 · Suffolk County, NY · pop 1,437
Census tract 36103169904 covers part of Riverhead, NY, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,437 residents. Against Suffolk County at 51.3%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units636
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$54,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Riverhead and the region
Centroid at 40.9260, -72.6387 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverhead scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Riverhead
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,388 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Riverhead
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Riverhead
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Riverhead
6.9
How Riverhead compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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.
- 16.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverhead
The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 2.8 points above the Suffolk County average of 6.3.
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. At $1,388 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Riverhead commands.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $54,643.
31% 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 36103169904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36103169904?
Census tract 36103169904 in Riverhead scores 9.1/10 (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 36103169904?
Median gross rent is $1,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36103169904?
13.4% of residents in tract 36103169904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36103169904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 8th, minority 45th, housing 18th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36103169904 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.2% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36103169904 compare to Riverhead overall?
Tract 36103169904 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Riverhead at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Riverhead; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Riverhead
Top eight tracts in Riverhead ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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