Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Dumont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003010100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,769
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 34003010100 in Dumont, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,769. The severe-burden share is 49%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,007
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$127,868
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dumont and the region
Centroid at 40.9460, -73.9823 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dumont scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dumont
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,716 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dumont
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dumont
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dumont
5.4
How Dumont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 99%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 121Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2015)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 19.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dumont
Cost burden runs 93% here against 46.6% across Bergen County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Disability prevalence runs 19.5% against 31.5% nationally. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10.
Court records carry 121 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.8% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003010100?
Census tract 34003010100 in Dumont scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 34003010100?
Median gross rent is $1,716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 93% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003010100?
5.3% of residents in tract 34003010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,769.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 63th, minority 61th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003010100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.73% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003010100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003010100 compare to Dumont overall?
Tract 34003010100 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Dumont at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dumont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003010100 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 Dumont
Top eight tracts in Dumont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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