Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally
East Orange Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34013011100 · Essex County, NJ · pop 3,665
Census tract 34013011100 covers part of East Orange, NJ, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,665. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share91.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate40.8%
Median income$25,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Orange and the region
Centroid at 40.7569, -74.2117 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Orange scores 8.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Orange
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
40.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Orange
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Orange
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Orange
7.1
How East Orange compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 4,591Total filings over 6 yrs
- 43.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 43.9%Peak (2014)
- 686Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 35.6%Housing insecurity
- 25.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.1%Food insecurity
- 41.5%SNAP enrollment
- 22.7%Transit barriers
- 20.3%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Orange
Food insecurity runs 45.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10.
Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $25,886, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $961, 33% below the East Orange average.
Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Cost burden runs 43% here against 50.3% across Essex County.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013011100?
Census tract 34013011100 in East Orange scores 8.8/10 (High 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 34013011100?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013011100?
40.8% of residents in tract 34013011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,665.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 87th, minority 99th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013011100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 4,591 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013011100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.21% of renter households, peaking at 43.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013011100 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.6% 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. 25.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34013011100 compare to East Orange overall?
Tract 34013011100 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of East Orange at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Orange eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34013011100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Orange
Top eight tracts in East Orange ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34013010600
8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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University Heights
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013011700
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013010400
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013010700
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013011200
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34013010200
8.2
/ 10 · High
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