Within neighborhood
36
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Newark
Tract 34013019500 · Essex County, NJ · pop 3,880 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 34013019500 sits in the Academy Heights neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. It has a population of 3,880 and an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). 61% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 46% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $3,000/month against a median household income of $244,524 — roughly 15% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,274
Renter share5.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$244,524
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7307, -74.2651 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,000 rent vs county FMR
9.0
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: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 95%Grade A
- 5%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 18Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Academy Heights. 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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.8%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.5%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 11.6%Frequent mental distress
- 14.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 34013019500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019500?
Census tract 34013019500 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 34013019500?
Median gross rent is $3,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013019500?
0.7% of residents in tract 34013019500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,880.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013019500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 19th, minority 29th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 34013019500 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013019500 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013019500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013019500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013019500 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013019500 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013019500 scores 6.9/10 — lower than the parent city of Newark at 8.2/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 34013019500 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.
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