Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newark
Tract 34013019000 ·
Essex County, NJ · pop 4,869 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 34013019000 sits in the Academy Heights area of Essex County, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. It is home to 4,869 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 40% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%Stable renters 0%Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
7th percentile
#14 of 15 tracts In Academy Heights
Very Low
Within county
9th percentile
#193 of 211 tracts In Essex County
Very Low
Within state
28th percentile
#1,575 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
53th percentile
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7530, -74.2705 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Newark
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newark
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newark
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newark
5.0
How Academy Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
4%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
49%Racial/ethnic minority
15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
88%Grade A
11%Grade B
0%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)
6Total filings over 3 yrs
5.13%Avg annual filing rate
4.4%Peak (2013)
2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2013 to 2018
Filings dropped 33% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Academy Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
6.2%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
5.7%Food insecurity
2.9%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
11.6%Frequent mental distress
15.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights
It sits 2.7 points below the Essex County average of 7.3. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.8% against 31.5% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 2.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 6 evictions over 3 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.4% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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 5.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013019000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019000?
Census tract 34013019000 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 34013019000?
3.0% of residents in tract 34013019000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,869.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013019000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 23th, minority 49th, housing 15th.
Q4
Is tract 34013019000 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013019000 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013019000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34013019000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.13% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013019000 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34013019000 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013019000 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Newark at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newark eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34013019000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.