Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Bayonne Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34017011200 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 6,274
Census tract 34017011200 covers part of Bayonne, NJ, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,274. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,592
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$90,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bayonne and the region
Centroid at 40.6558, -74.1378 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bayonne scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,755 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 68%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)
- 317Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2016)
- 64Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 4 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bayonne
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 317 evictions over 4 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.7% 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 6.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 50% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017011200?
Census tract 34017011200 in Bayonne scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34017011200?
Median gross rent is $1,755/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017011200?
17.5% of residents in tract 34017011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,274.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 44th, minority 63th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017011200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 317 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.64% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017011200 compare to Bayonne overall?
Tract 34017011200 scores 7.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 34017011200 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 Bayonne
Top eight tracts in Bayonne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34017010900
8.6
/ 10 · High
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Port Richmond
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017010601
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017011300
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017010701
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017010702
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017011100
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017011000
7.7
/ 10 · High
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