Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
North Arlington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003038100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,679
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34003038100 (North Arlington in Bergen County, New Jersey) comes in at 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,720 a month against an average household income of $101,934 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,325
Renter share50.7%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$101,934
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Arlington and the region
Centroid at 40.7820, -74.1253 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Arlington scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Arlington
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Arlington
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Arlington
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Arlington
3.2
How North Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
- 0%Grade B
- 11%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 244Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2014)
- 35Filings 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Arlington
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 North Arlington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Part of this tract, about 2% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003038100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003038100?
Census tract 34003038100 in North Arlington scores 3.5/10 (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 34003038100?
Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003038100?
4.8% of residents in tract 34003038100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,679.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003038100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 32th, minority 59th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003038100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 244 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003038100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.99% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003038100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003038100 compare to North Arlington overall?
Tract 34003038100 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of North Arlington at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Arlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003038100 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. 2% 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 North Arlington
Top eight tracts in North Arlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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