Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tenafly Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003055202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,347
Census tract 34003055202 belongs to Tenafly, New Jersey. It is home to 4,347 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,385 a month while the average household earns $185,595 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$185,595
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tenafly and the region
Centroid at 40.9294, -73.9725 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tenafly scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tenafly
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,385 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tenafly
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tenafly
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tenafly
3.2
How Tenafly compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 70%Grade B
- 8%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
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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 16.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tenafly
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Tenafly, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 44th 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 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% 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 34003055202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003055202?
Census tract 34003055202 in Tenafly scores 2.1/10 (Lower 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 34003055202?
Median gross rent is $3,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003055202?
4.8% of residents in tract 34003055202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,347.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003055202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 59th, minority 69th, housing 34th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34003055202 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34003055202 compare to Tenafly overall?
Tract 34003055202 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Tenafly at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tenafly; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 34003055202 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 Tenafly
Top eight tracts in Tenafly ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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