Teachers Village Eviction Risk: High , Newark

78% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Essex County average of 50.3%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. It sits 2.6 points above the Essex County average of 7.3.

Set annual rent against average income of $43,603 and the ratio lands at 46%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 27.5% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,686, 21% above the Newark average.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 167 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.4% of renter households were served.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.