Within neighborhood
97
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
University Heights Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013003800 · Essex County, NJ · pop 2,030 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 9.9/10, tract 34013003800 in the University Heights area of Newark, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,030. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units728
Renter share66.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate38.9%
Median income$35,959
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7308, -74.1998 · 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
38.9% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$1,197 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 867Total filings over 6 yrs
- 42.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 55.6%Peak (2018)
- 173Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 41% 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.
- 38.0%Housing insecurity
- 27.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.5%Food insecurity
- 44.0%SNAP enrollment
- 24.4%Transit barriers
- 20.7%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Heights
Cost burden runs 73% here against 50.3% across Essex County. Food insecurity runs 47.5% against 17.8% nationally.
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Housing insecurity runs 38.0% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.
Running hot, economic stress reads 9.7/10. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $35,959, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 66% 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 867 filings here across 6 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,197, 14% below the Newark average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013003800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013003800?
Census tract 34013003800 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 34013003800?
Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013003800?
38.9% of residents in tract 34013003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,030.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013003800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 80th, minority 99th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 34013003800 considered part of University Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013003800 fall within University Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013003800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 867 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013003800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.46% of renter households, peaking at 55.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013003800 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.0% 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. 27.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013003800 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013003800 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 34013003800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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.
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