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Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34003011100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,623

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 34003011100 in Elmwood Park, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,623 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 29% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,542
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$114,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Elmwood Park
Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#57 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elmwood Park and the region

Centroid at 40.9181, -74.1204 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elmwood Park scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elmwood Park
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,796 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elmwood Park
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elmwood Park
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elmwood Park
5.9

How Elmwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Elmwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0111006.8Elmwood Parkparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

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.

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)

  • 642Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 22.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.8%Peak (2013)
  • 136Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003011100
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park

The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Bergen County average of 46.6%.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3. The filing record is not thin: 642 evictions over 5 years of observation.

SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,796, 13% below the Elmwood Park average.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 26.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen 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. In a typical year about 22.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #11,153 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 NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003011100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003011100?

Census tract 34003011100 in Elmwood Park scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 34003011100?

Median gross rent is $1,796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003011100?

11.6% of residents in tract 34003011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,623.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003011100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 72th, minority 75th, housing 64th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003011100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 642 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003011100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.76% of renter households, peaking at 26.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003011100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003011100 compare to Elmwood Park overall?

Tract 34003011100 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Elmwood Park at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elmwood Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34003011100 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 Elmwood Park

Top eight tracts in Elmwood Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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