Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hoboken
Tract 34017019400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,876 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Downtown in Hoboken anchors census tract 34017019400, which lands at 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,190 monthly, set against $130,361 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 91% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,447
Renter share90.8%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$130,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hoboken and the region
Centroid at 40.7392, -74.0297 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hoboken
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,190 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoboken
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoboken
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoboken
7.5
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 77%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)
- 39Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2016)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 18.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Hoboken 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 39 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.0% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 34017019400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017019400?
Census tract 34017019400 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 34017019400?
Median gross rent is $2,190/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017019400?
4.4% of residents in tract 34017019400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,876.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017019400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 11th, minority 47th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 34017019400 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017019400 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017019400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017019400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.75% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017019400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017019400 compare to Hoboken overall?
Tract 34017019400 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Hoboken at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoboken eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34017019400 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. 77% 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 Hoboken
Top eight tracts in Hoboken ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Uptown
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Downtown
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Downtown
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Uptown
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Downtown
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Uptown
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Uptown
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
Downtown
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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