Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Emerson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003014000 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 7,281
Emerson in Bergen County is where census tract 34003014000 sits, home to 7,281 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #14,647 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,926 a month while the average household earns $153,963 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,641
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$153,963
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Emerson and the region
Centroid at 40.9750, -74.0232 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emerson scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Emerson
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,926 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Emerson
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Emerson
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Emerson
4.8
How Emerson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 33%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)
- 103Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 85% 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 3.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emerson
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.4/10. 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 Emerson, 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% 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 34003014000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003014000?
Census tract 34003014000 in Emerson scores 1.4/10 (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 34003014000?
Median gross rent is $1,926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003014000?
2.7% of residents in tract 34003014000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,281.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003014000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 13th, minority 36th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003014000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003014000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003014000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003014000 compare to Emerson overall?
Tract 34003014000 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Emerson at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Emerson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003014000 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.
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