Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Rutherford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003051300 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,850
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 34003051300 in Rutherford, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,850 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,007
Renter share70.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$113,068
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rutherford and the region
Centroid at 40.8288, -74.1063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rutherford scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rutherford
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,807 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rutherford
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rutherford
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rutherford
3.2
How Rutherford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 55%Grade B
- 8%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 435Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2017)
- 91Filings 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rutherford
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.6% across Bergen County. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 435 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 9.7% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
Average gross rent is $1,807, 8% below the Rutherford average. In a typical year about 8.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003051300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003051300?
Census tract 34003051300 in Rutherford scores 6.1/10 (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 34003051300?
Median gross rent is $1,807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003051300?
5.9% of residents in tract 34003051300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,850.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003051300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 40th, minority 69th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003051300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 435 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003051300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.04% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003051300 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003051300 compare to Rutherford overall?
Tract 34003051300 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Rutherford at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rutherford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003051300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 16% 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 Rutherford
Top eight tracts in Rutherford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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