Within neighborhood
73
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
University Heights Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013001600 · Essex County, NJ · pop 2,151 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 34013001600 covers part of the University Heights area of Newark, NJ, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,151 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units780
Renter share78.7%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$61,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7509, -74.1928 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Heights scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newark
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newark
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newark
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newark
8.0
How University Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 98%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 636Total filings over 6 yrs
- 24.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.7%Peak (2014)
- 87Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University 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.
- 29.0%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.5%Food insecurity
- 25.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.8%Transit barriers
- 22.9%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Heights
Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 34.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.9% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 636 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 30.7% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 24.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013001600?
Census tract 34013001600 in the University Heights neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 34013001600?
Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013001600?
24.1% of residents in tract 34013001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,151.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 97th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 34013001600 considered part of University Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013001600 fall within University Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013001600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 636 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.07% of renter households, peaking at 30.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.0% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013001600 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013001600 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Newark at 8.5/10. 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 34013001600 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. 2% 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 Newark
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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