Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally
East Orange Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34013010600 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,669
With a score of 8.8/10, tract 34013010600 in East Orange, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,669 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
8.8
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
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
95
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 8.8
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
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Housing insecurity runs 30.7% against 14.2% nationally.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 29.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Court records carry 4,912 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 53.9% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 55.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013010600?
Census tract 34013010600 in East Orange scores 8.8/10 (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 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of East Orange at 7.4/10. 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.
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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8.2
/ 10 · High
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