Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Hackensack Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003023501 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,587
In Hackensack, census tract 34003023501 scores 6.9/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,652 monthly, set against $67,669 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,353
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$67,669
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackensack and the region
Centroid at 40.8897, -74.0472 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackensack scores 6.9
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,652 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 36%Grade C
- 56%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)
- 925Total filings over 5 yrs
- 20.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.0%Peak (2013)
- 127Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 18.6%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%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 above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 56% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% 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 34003023501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023501?
Census tract 34003023501 in Hackensack scores 6.9/10 (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 34003023501?
Median gross rent is $1,652/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023501?
19.6% of residents in tract 34003023501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,587.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 43th, minority 80th, housing 100th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003023501?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 925 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003023501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.64% of renter households, peaking at 27.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003023501 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003023501 compare to Hackensack overall?
Tract 34003023501 scores 6.9/10, 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 34003023501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 56% 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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Top eight tracts in Hackensack ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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