Census Tract · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Bayonne Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34017010601 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,696

Census tract 34017010601 runs through Bayonne. With 2,696 residents, it scores 7.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $907 a month against an average household income of $51,223 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 25% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,338

Renter share62.5%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate18.1%

Median income$51,223

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bayonne and the region

Centroid at 40.6693, -74.1270 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayonne scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bayonne

7.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

18.1% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$907 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bayonne

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bayonne

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bayonne

6.3

How Bayonne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

79%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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
21%Grade C
25%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.

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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.7%Food insecurity
10.3%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
13.2%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
30.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bayonne

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bayonne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hudson County average of 7.0 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017010601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017010601?

Census tract 34017010601 in Bayonne scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34017010601?

Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017010601?

18.1% of residents in tract 34017010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,696.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017010601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 99th, minority 76th, housing 95th.

What share of households in tract 34017010601 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017010601 compare to Bayonne overall?

Tract 34017010601 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Bayonne at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bayonne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34017010601 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. 25% 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 Bayonne

Top eight tracts in Bayonne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.