Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Hackensack Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003023401 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,083
With a score of 6.7/10, tract 34003023401 in Hackensack ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,083 residents. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,904 a month while the average household earns $82,273 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,812
Renter share77.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$82,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackensack and the region
Centroid at 40.8881, -74.0594 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackensack scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hackensack
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,904 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hackensack
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hackensack
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hackensack
6.1
How Hackensack compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 40%Grade B
- 5%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)
- 1,121Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.4%Peak (2014)
- 244Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hackensack
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Hackensack eviction risk, 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34003023401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023401?
Census tract 34003023401 in Hackensack scores 5.8/10 (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 34003023401?
Median gross rent is $1,904/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023401?
8.4% of residents in tract 34003023401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,083.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 56th, minority 82th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003023401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,121 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003023401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.86% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003023401 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003023401 compare to Hackensack overall?
Tract 34003023401 scores 5.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hackensack at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hackensack eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003023401 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. 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.
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