Within neighborhood
15
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003030402 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,838 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 34003030402 sits in the Garfield Park area of Lodi eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$114,034
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8733, -74.0786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Garfield
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,580 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garfield
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garfield
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garfield
6.9
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
- 3%Grade B
- 64%Grade C
- 33%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Garfield Park. 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Against average income of $114,034, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,580, close to the Lodi average.
63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 34003030402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003030402?
Census tract 34003030402 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 34003030402?
Median gross rent is $1,580/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003030402?
11.3% of residents in tract 34003030402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,838.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003030402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 48th, minority 64th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34003030402 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003030402 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003030402 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003030402 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003030402 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Garfield at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003030402 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. 33% 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 Garfield
Top eight tracts in Garfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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