Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Pinckney Heights Eviction Risk: High , Mount Vernon

Tract 36119004002 · Westchester County, NY · pop 2,655 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 9.1/10, tract 36119004002 in the Pinckney Heights area of Mount Vernon, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.1

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 32% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,218

Renter share69.0%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$89,449

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region

Centroid at 40.9159, -73.8308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pinckney Heights scores 9.1

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

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,863 rent vs county FMR

1.7

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 Pinckney Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

32%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
11%Grade B
79%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 Pinckney Heights. 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.

18.1%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
18.5%Food insecurity
15.0%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
24.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pinckney Heights

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Against the Westchester County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Westchester County average of 47.2%. Average gross rent is $1,863, 14% above the Mount Vernon average.

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 #3,797 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36119004002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36119004002?

Census tract 36119004002 in the Pinckney Heights neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36119004002?

Median gross rent is $1,863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36119004002?

7.4% of residents in tract 36119004002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,655.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36119004002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 66th, minority 90th, housing 87th.

Is tract 36119004002 considered part of Pinckney Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36119004002 fall within Pinckney Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36119004002 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.1% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36119004002 compare to Mount Vernon overall?

Tract 36119004002 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Vernon at 8.7/10. 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 36119004002 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mount Vernon

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