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Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Hackensack Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34003023402 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,054

For landlords sizing up Hackensack, census tract 34003023402 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,560 monthly, set against $62,046 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 25% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,515
Renter share59.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$62,046

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 12 tracts In Hackensack
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#519 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,885 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hackensack and the region

Centroid at 40.8789, -74.0594 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hackensack scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,560 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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.
Hackensack risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 023402Hackensack: 7.67.6Hackensackparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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.

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)

  • 1,520Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 18.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.4%Peak (2017)
  • 273Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340030234022013: 279 filings (17.43/100 renter HHs)2014: 310 filings (19.36/100 renter HHs)2015: 326 filings (20.36/100 renter HHs)2017: 332 filings (20.41/100 renter HHs)2018: 273 filings (16.78/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hackensack

The heaviest input here 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 about the same as 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.

Part of this tract, about 18% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,520 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 18.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.4% of renter households in 2017.

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 34003023402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023402?

Census tract 34003023402 in Hackensack scores 6.1/10 (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 34003023402?

Median gross rent is $1,560/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023402?

6.6% of residents in tract 34003023402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,054.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 45th, minority 83th, housing 91th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003023402?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,520 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003023402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.87% of renter households, peaking at 20.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003023402 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003023402 compare to Hackensack overall?

Tract 34003023402 scores 6.1/10, 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 34003023402 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. 18% 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 Hackensack

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

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