Tract 36119001401 ·
Westchester County, NY · pop 4,241 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
36119001401 is a census tract in the Dunwoodie Heights area of Yonkers, NY. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,241. Severe burden reaches 60%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 10%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,415
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$147,404
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Dunwoodie Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
32th percentile
#40 of 58 tracts In Yonkers
Low
Within county
73th percentile
#67 of 241 tracts In Westchester County
Elevated
Within state
72th percentile
#1,493 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Yonkers and the region
Centroid at 40.9250, -73.8721 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunwoodie Heights scores 9.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Yonkers
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,505 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Yonkers
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Yonkers
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Yonkers
8.5
How Dunwoodie Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
56%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
28%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
50%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
12.5%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
14.4%Food insecurity
11.0%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dunwoodie Heights
At $2,505 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Yonkers commands. Against Westchester County at 47.2%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.
Against the Westchester County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lower Westchester Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $147,404.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36119001401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36119001401?
Census tract 36119001401 in the Dunwoodie Heights neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 36119001401?
Median gross rent is $2,505/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36119001401?
14.1% of residents in tract 36119001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,241.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36119001401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 88th, minority 70th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 36119001401 considered part of Dunwoodie Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36119001401 fall within Dunwoodie Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36119001401 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36119001401 compare to Yonkers overall?
Tract 36119001401 scores 9.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Yonkers at 9.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Yonkers eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 36119001401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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