Within neighborhood
15
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee
Tract 34003019202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,429 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 34003019202 in the Koreatown area of Fort Lee, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,429. The voucher gap is 45.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,683
Renter share89.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$137,446
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8505, -73.9631 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koreatown scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$3,008 rent vs county FMR
9.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lee
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lee
5.6
How Koreatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 95%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)
- 281Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2018)
- 84Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 171% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Koreatown. 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 15.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koreatown
What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 9.5/10. 90% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $3,008, 33% above the Fort Lee average.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.4% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 281 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2018, when 10.7% of renter households were served.
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 9.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003019202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003019202?
Census tract 34003019202 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 34003019202?
Median gross rent is $3,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003019202?
9.0% of residents in tract 34003019202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003019202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 34th, minority 78th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 34003019202 considered part of Koreatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003019202 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003019202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 281 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003019202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003019202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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.
Q8
How does tract 34003019202 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003019202 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Lee at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003019202 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 Fort Lee
Top eight tracts in Fort Lee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
8.3
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Hudson Heights
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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