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Neighborhood · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally

Arcola Eviction Risk: Lower , Fair Lawn

Tract 34003050000 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,790 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Census tract 34003050000 belongs to Arcola in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. It is home to 5,790 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,666 monthly, set against $118,259 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 8% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,309
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$118,259

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Arcola
Elevated
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Moderate
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,389 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#60,063 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fair Lawn and the region

Centroid at 40.9065, -74.0780 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arcola scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fair Lawn
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,666 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fair Lawn
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fair Lawn
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fair Lawn
5.0

How Arcola compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arcola risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.92.9This tracttract 050000Fair Lawn: 7.67.6Fair Lawnparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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)

  • 189Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 6.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.8%Peak (2014)
  • 36Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340030500002013: 46 filings (7.62/100 renter HHs)2014: 47 filings (7.78/100 renter HHs)2015: 33 filings (5.46/100 renter HHs)2017: 27 filings (5.25/100 renter HHs)2018: 36 filings (7.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Arcola. 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 Arcola

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Fair Lawn eviction risk, 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 189 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.8% of renter households in 2014.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 38th 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.

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 34003050000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003050000?

Census tract 34003050000 in the Arcola neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (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 34003050000?

Median gross rent is $1,666/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003050000?

5.5% of residents in tract 34003050000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,790.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003050000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 17th, minority 60th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 34003050000 considered part of Arcola?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003050000 fall within Arcola (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003050000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003050000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.62% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34003050000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34003050000 compare to Fair Lawn overall?

Tract 34003050000 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Fair Lawn at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fair Lawn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34003050000 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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