Newark Eviction Risk: High

SNAP participation runs 40.1% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

It sits 2.6 points above the Essex County average of 7.3. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $45,960, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Essex County average of 50.3%.

The filing record is not thin: 1,603 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 37.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Essex Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 34.7% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.