Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Wood-Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34003060001 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,373

With a score of 5/10, tract 34003060001 in Wood-Ridge, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,373. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 30% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,518

Renter share44.9%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate2.6%

Median income$135,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wood-Ridge and the region

Centroid at 40.8455, -74.0824 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wood-Ridge scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wood-Ridge

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

2.6% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,671 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wood-Ridge

2.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wood-Ridge

7.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wood-Ridge

3.4

How Wood-Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

32%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
27%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
31%Grade B
37%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.

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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
20.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wood-Ridge

34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Bergen County average of 46.6%. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Bergen County average of 6.3.

SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,671 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Wood-Ridge commands. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $135,250, annual rent is just 15%.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003060001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003060001?

Census tract 34003060001 in Wood-Ridge scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34003060001?

Median gross rent is $1,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003060001?

2.6% of residents in tract 34003060001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,373.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003060001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 41th, minority 52th, housing 27th.

What share of households in tract 34003060001 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34003060001 compare to Wood-Ridge overall?

Tract 34003060001 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Wood-Ridge at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wood-Ridge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34003060001 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 Wood-Ridge

Top eight tracts in Wood-Ridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.