Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #5,153 of 84,120 nationally
Hackensack Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34003023402 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,054
Census tract 34003023402 covers part of Hackensack, NJ, and scores 8.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
8.6
High
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 county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very 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 8.6
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 26%Grade B
- 27%Grade C
- 18%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)
- 1,520Total filings over 5 yrs
- 18.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.4%Peak (2017)
- 273Filings 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.9%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 15.8%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hackensack
The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points.
Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.6% across Bergen County. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,560, 18% below the Hackensack average.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,520 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 20.4% of renter households. 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.
In a typical year about 18.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #5,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003023402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023402?
Census tract 34003023402 in Hackensack scores 8.6/10 (High 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 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Hackensack at 7.2/10. 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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8.6
/ 10 · High
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8.6
/ 10 · High
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34003023602
8.6
/ 10 · High
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8.3
/ 10 · High
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8.2
/ 10 · High
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8.2
/ 10 · High
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8.1
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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