Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Bayonne Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34017010701 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,247

Tract 34017010701 sits in Bayonne eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 31% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,028

Renter share64.7%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate18.0%

Median income$71,290

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bayonne and the region

Centroid at 40.6690, -74.1140 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayonne scores 7.9

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

18.0% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,369 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: 57

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

48%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
48%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
93%Grade C
7%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.

16.0%Housing insecurity
8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
11.8%SNAP enrollment
9.7%Transit barriers
16.3%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
28.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bayonne

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. At $1,369 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Bayonne commands. Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. It tracks the Hudson County average of 7.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $71,290.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017010701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017010701?

Census tract 34017010701 in Bayonne scores 7.9/10 (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 34017010701?

Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017010701?

18.0% of residents in tract 34017010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,247.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017010701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 65th, minority 69th, housing 48th.

What share of households in tract 34017010701 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.0% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017010701 compare to Bayonne overall?

Tract 34017010701 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bayonne at 7.2/10. 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 34017010701 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. 7% 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.