Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Hasbrouck Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003025100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,359
Tract 34003025100 covers Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County in New Jersey. Home to 6,359 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,578 a month against an average household income of $91,167 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,224
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$91,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hasbrouck Heights and the region
Centroid at 40.8614, -74.0698 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hasbrouck Heights scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hasbrouck Heights
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,578 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hasbrouck Heights
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hasbrouck Heights
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hasbrouck Heights
6.8
How Hasbrouck Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 43%Grade B
- 13%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 718Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.7%Peak (2014)
- 97Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% 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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hasbrouck Heights
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Hasbrouck Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bergen County average of 6.3 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 6% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 718 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 12.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.7% of renter households in 2014.
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 34003025100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003025100?
Census tract 34003025100 in Hasbrouck Heights scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 34003025100?
Median gross rent is $1,578/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003025100?
16.8% of residents in tract 34003025100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,359.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003025100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 79th, minority 70th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003025100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 718 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003025100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.48% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003025100 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003025100 compare to Hasbrouck Heights overall?
Tract 34003025100 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Hasbrouck Heights at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hasbrouck Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003025100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 6% 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 Hasbrouck Heights
Top eight tracts in Hasbrouck Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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