Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally
New Paltz Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36111953500 · Ulster County, NY · pop 5,053 · 66% of tract blocks fall in New Paltz
With a score of 7.2/10, tract 36111953500 in New Paltz ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,053 residents. On the national scale it ranks #3,203 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,457 monthly, set against $71,313 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,161
Renter share66.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$71,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Paltz and the region
Centroid at 41.7368, -74.0875 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Paltz scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,457 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Paltz
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 New Paltz, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ulster County average of 6.1 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36111953500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36111953500?
Census tract 36111953500 in New Paltz 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 36111953500?
Median gross rent is $1,457/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36111953500?
27.3% of residents in tract 36111953500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,053.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36111953500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 4th, minority 54th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36111953500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36111953500 compare to New Paltz overall?
Tract 36111953500 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of New Paltz at 8.9/10. 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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