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Neighborhood · Upper Saddle River, NJ

Cambridge Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 3,604 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 5.1–5.1

Cambridge Heights maps to a single census tract in Upper Saddle River, NJ, population 3,604. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, in the Moderate tier. 40% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Against a Upper Saddle River baseline of 23.8%, 91% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 10/10.

The voucher gap is 69.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1/10.

Disability prevalence reaches 18.1% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Food insecurity affects 6.1% of adults, 11.7 points below the national rate. At 7% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $3,501, close to the Upper Saddle River average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $181,953.

One tract means one number: 5.1/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cambridge Heights vs Upper Saddle River How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
91.4% +284%
Upper Saddle River: 23.8%
Average gross rent
$3,501 +0%
Upper Saddle River: $3,501
Average HH income
$181,953 -26%
Upper Saddle River: $246,719
Poverty rate
3.5% -20%
Upper Saddle River: 4.4%
Renter share
7.4% -17%
Upper Saddle River: 8.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Cambridge Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.1–5.1

Why Cambridge Heights scores 5.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Rent control risk
91% of income on rent · Range 9.2–9.2 across tracts
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
7% renter households · Range 2.8–2.8 across tracts
2.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Economic stress
3.5% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Risk score comparison

Cambridge Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Cambridge Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.1Cambridge HeightsNeighborhood6.0Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Cambridge Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34003053202 5.1 3,604 91% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 11

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 30%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 39%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 1%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cambridge Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Cambridge Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Cambridge Heights?

Cambridge Heights scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Cambridge Heights compare to Upper Saddle River overall?

Cambridge Heights scores 0.9 points lower than Upper Saddle River overall (6/10). Renters spend 91% of income on rent vs 24% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $3,501.
Q3

What is the average rent in Cambridge Heights?

Average gross rent in Cambridge Heights is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 91% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Cambridge Heights residents are renters?

7% of Cambridge Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 9% in Upper Saddle River). The neighborhood has 3,604 residents.
Q5

Is Cambridge Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Cambridge Heights sits in the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Cambridge Heights for landlords?

Cambridge Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Upper Saddle River as a whole (6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Cambridge Heights?

Cambridge Heights has 3,510 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (71.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (19.2%), Hispanic / Latino (4.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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