Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #947 of 84,120 nationally
East Orange Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34013010600 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,669
How risky is East Orange for landlords? Census tract 34013010600 scores 7.9/10, the Elevated tier. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,368 monthly, set against $56,875 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 89% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units2,276
Renter share88.9%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$56,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Orange and the region
Centroid at 40.7645, -74.2096 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Orange scores 8.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Orange
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,368 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Orange
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Orange
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Orange
7.1
How East Orange compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 100%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)
- 4,912Total filings over 6 yrs
- 55.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 53.9%Peak (2014)
- 810Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 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.
- 30.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.2%Food insecurity
- 29.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Orange
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 inherited from East Orange eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Essex County average of 7.3 and above 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 4,912 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 55.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 53.9% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 34013010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013010600?
Census tract 34013010600 in East Orange scores 8.6/10 (High 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 34013010600?
Median gross rent is $1,368/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013010600?
27.6% of residents in tract 34013010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,669.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 97th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013010600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 4,912 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 55.08% of renter households, peaking at 53.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.7% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34013010600 compare to East Orange overall?
Tract 34013010600 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of East Orange at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Orange eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34013010600 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Orange
Top eight tracts in East Orange ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34013011100
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34013010400
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
University Heights
8.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
University Heights
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013011700
8.3
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013010700
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013011200
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013010200
7.7
/ 10 · High
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