Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Hackensack Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003023601 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,320
Census tract 34003023601 covers Hackensack in Bergen County, home to 3,320 residents. For landlords it grades 6.5/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #11,100 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,646 a month against an average household income of $85,518 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,353
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$85,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackensack and the region
Centroid at 40.8660, -74.0382 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackensack scores 5.9
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,646 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 74%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)
- 408Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2013)
- 82Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% 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.
- 20.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.6%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 21.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 408 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 9.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.7% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.1% 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 34003023601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023601?
Census tract 34003023601 in Hackensack scores 5.9/10 (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 34003023601?
Median gross rent is $1,646/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023601?
11.2% of residents in tract 34003023601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,320.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 61th, minority 83th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003023601?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 408 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003023601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.12% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003023601 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.8% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003023601 compare to Hackensack overall?
Tract 34003023601 scores 5.9/10, 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 34003023601 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. 74% 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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