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Census Tract · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

New Paltz Eviction Risk: High

Tract 36111953400 · Ulster County, NY · pop 5,055 · 52% of tract blocks fall in New Paltz

Tract 36111953400 sits in New Paltz, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 5,055. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 19% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,299
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$69,034

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In New Paltz
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 50 tracts In Ulster County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
National
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Paltz and the region

Centroid at 41.7626, -74.0717 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Paltz scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Paltz
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,673 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Paltz
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Paltz
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Paltz
9.2

How New Paltz compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
New Paltz risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 9534009.6New Paltzparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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 New Paltz

It sits 3.2 points above the Ulster County average of 6.7. Cost burden runs 66% here against 48.7% across Ulster County. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,673, close to the New Paltz average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $69,034.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36111953400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36111953400?

Census tract 36111953400 in New Paltz scores 9.9/10 (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 36111953400?

Median gross rent is $1,673/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36111953400?

30.3% of residents in tract 36111953400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,055.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36111953400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 39th, minority 44th, housing 71th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36111953400 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36111953400 compare to New Paltz overall?

Tract 36111953400 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of New Paltz at 9.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Paltz; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Paltz

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

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