Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Newark
Tract 34013019500 · Essex County, NJ · pop 3,880 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 34013019500, home to 3,880 residents in Academy Heights in Newark, scores 6.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,000 monthly, set against $244,524 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
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
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
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 2.5
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
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)
- 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
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Newark eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 18 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2014.
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 34013019500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019500?
Census tract 34013019500 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Newark at 9/10. 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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