Neighborhood · Fort Lee, NJ

Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated

21 census tracts · pop 93,710 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10 · range 5.5–9.1

Koreatown takes in 21 census tracts of Fort Lee, NJ and houses 93,710 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.3/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Fort Lee baseline of 29.4%, 46% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.5 to 9.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Severe burden reaches 24%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Filings are well documented here: 4,375 across 18 observed tracts.

SNAP participation is 5.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 12.4% of renter households.

Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Average gross rent runs $2,155, close to the Fort Lee average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $111,144.

48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

21 tracts · population-weighted

Koreatown vs Fort Lee How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

45.6% +55%

Fort Lee: 29.4%

Average gross rent

$2,155 -5%

Fort Lee: $2,270

Average HH income

$111,144 +5%

Fort Lee: $105,535

Poverty rate

8.7% +3%

Fort Lee: 8.4%

Renter share

48.2% +8%

Fort Lee: 44.6%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Koreatown and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 21 tracts span score 5.5–9.1

Why Koreatown scores 7.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts

6.8

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts

5.8

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.2–7.6 across tracts

6.5

Rent control risk

46% of income on rent · Range 5.0–7.0 across tracts

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.9 across tracts

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

48% renter households · Range 6.5–9.7 across tracts

8.7

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 4.3–6.4 across tracts

5.5

Economic stress

8.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.8 across tracts

2.2

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.1–9.5 across tracts

5.4

Risk score comparison

Koreatown vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Koreatown?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

0246810

Spread of 3.6 points from 5.5 to 9.1. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

9.1 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.5

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

21 tracts in Koreatown

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
34003041100	9.1	5,403	64%	$1,742
34003019204	8.3	3,608	45%	$1,861
34003046300	8.2	4,666	47%	$1,475
34003041302	8.2	4,253	57%	$2,211
34003041301	8	5,724	37%	$2,041
34003041200	8	4,851	43%	$2,233
34003019103	8	4,541	62%	$2,621
34003046100	7.8	4,095	54%	$1,721
34003019203	7.7	3,371	31%	$1,590
34003006101	7.5	3,942	37%	$2,153
34003019303	7.4	5,259	56%	$2,083
34003013002	7	6,436	38%	$2,424
34003019305	6.8	7,363	46%	$2,667
34003045101	6.8	4,233	49%	$2,073
34003019304	6.8	2,674	44%	$2,310
34003045102	6.6	4,218	30%	$1,935
34003019104	6.6	4,149	31%	$1,764
34003019202	6.6	3,429	43%	$3,008
34003019306	6.4	2,222	48%	$2,385
34003028001	6	5,438	51%	$2,094
34003028002	5.5	3,835	36%	$2,767

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 59

Pop-weighted across 21 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 50%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 43%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 77%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 67%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Koreatown

Aggregated across 18 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

4,375Total filings (sum)
5.53%Avg annual filing rate
12.4%Peak year (2018)
4.93%Latest filed (2018)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Koreatown

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

9.8%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
9.5%No health insurance
20.7%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Koreatown

What is the eviction-risk score for Koreatown?

Koreatown scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 21 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Koreatown compare to Fort Lee overall?

Koreatown scores 0.4 points higher than Fort Lee overall (6.9/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,155 vs $2,270.

What is the average rent in Koreatown?

Average gross rent in Koreatown is $2,155/month (pop-weighted across 21 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Koreatown residents are renters?

48% of Koreatown households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Fort Lee). The neighborhood has 93,710 residents.

Is Koreatown a high social-vulnerability area?

Koreatown sits in the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Koreatown have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Koreatown is census tract 34003041100 (score 9.1/10). Across the 21 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.5 to 9.1, a spread of 3.6 points.

How safe is Koreatown for landlords?

Koreatown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 21 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fort Lee as a whole (6.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Koreatown?

Koreatown has 94,479 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (38%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.6%), Hispanic / Latino (22.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Koreatown

7.6 Morningside Heights 3 tracts · pop 12,860 5.8 Colonial Village 4 tracts · pop 16,606 5.8 Queen Anne Park 2 tracts · pop 11,775 7.7 Tryon Park 4 tracts · pop 21,256 8 Manordome 3 tracts · pop 10,951 6.6 Knickerbocker Park 3 tracts · pop 13,115

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Fort Lee

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Koreatown.

7.2 Hudson Heights 1 tracts · pop 3,183

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