Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgefield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003045200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,014
With a score of 7/10, tract 34003045200 in Ridgefield, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,014. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,116
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$92,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgefield and the region
Centroid at 40.8302, -74.0202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgefield scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgefield
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgefield
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgefield
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgefield
4.4
How Ridgefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 11%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)
- 133Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2013)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgefield
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 133 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,816, 13% below the Ridgefield average. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 8.4% 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 5.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003045200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003045200?
Census tract 34003045200 in Ridgefield scores 7/10 (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 34003045200?
Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003045200?
2.8% of residents in tract 34003045200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,014.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003045200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 66th, minority 84th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003045200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003045200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.33% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003045200 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003045200 compare to Ridgefield overall?
Tract 34003045200 scores 7/10, right in line with the parent city of Ridgefield at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgefield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003045200 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 Ridgefield
Top eight tracts in Ridgefield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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