Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

Vernon Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Mount Vernon

Tract 36119003400 · Westchester County, NY · pop 4,781 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is the Vernon Park neighborhood of Mount Vernon for landlords? Census tract 36119003400 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,136 a month while the average household earns $87,656 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 32% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units1,755

Renter share51.6%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate6.0%

Median income$87,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region

Centroid at 40.9072, -73.8179 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vernon Park scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mount Vernon

8.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

6.0% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$2,136 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mount Vernon

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mount Vernon

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mount Vernon

6.9

How Vernon Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

66%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
85%Grade B
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Vernon Park. 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.

18.9%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
19.0%Food insecurity
16.2%SNAP enrollment
9.9%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
15.0%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vernon Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Mount Vernon eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Westchester County average of 6.1 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 72nd 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 36119003400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36119003400?

Census tract 36119003400 in the Vernon Park neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36119003400?

Median gross rent is $2,136/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36119003400?

6.0% of residents in tract 36119003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,781.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36119003400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 35th, minority 85th, housing 82th.

Is tract 36119003400 considered part of Vernon Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36119003400 fall within Vernon Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36119003400 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.9% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36119003400 compare to Mount Vernon overall?

Tract 36119003400 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Vernon at 9.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Vernon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36119003400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mount Vernon

Top eight tracts in Mount Vernon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.