Newark Eviction Risk: High

Cost burden runs 75% here against 50.3% across Essex County. Annualized rent equals 51% of average household income of $41,667, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points. Food insecurity runs 38.2% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,787 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Newark commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Court records carry 369 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 25.0% 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.