Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
West Englewood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003054200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,359 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 34003054200 runs through the West Englewood neighborhood of Bergen. With 5,359 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,877 a month against an average household income of $105,789 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,796
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$105,789
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bergen County and the region
Centroid at 40.8995, -74.0045 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Englewood scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,877 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How West Englewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
- 30%Grade B
- 58%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)
- 762Total filings over 5 yrs
- 16.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2014)
- 119Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Englewood
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, 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 below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 762 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 16.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.4% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% 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 34003054200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003054200?
Census tract 34003054200 in the West Englewood neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 34003054200?
Median gross rent is $1,877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003054200?
3.1% of residents in tract 34003054200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,359.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003054200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 48th, minority 81th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 34003054200 considered part of West Englewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003054200 fall within West Englewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003054200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 762 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003054200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.33% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003054200 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
Was tract 34003054200 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. 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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