Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally
Jersey City Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34017005500 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,201
Tract 34017005500 sits in Jersey City eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.4/10. It is home to 3,201 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share61.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$60,523
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7044, -74.0834 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jersey City scores 9.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jersey City
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,559 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jersey City
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jersey City
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jersey City
8.0
How Jersey City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 100%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)
- 543Total filings over 4 yrs
- 21.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 35.0%Peak (2014)
- 108Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 28.1%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.6%Food insecurity
- 28.9%SNAP enrollment
- 17.7%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jersey City
64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Hudson County average of 46.5%. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. SNAP participation runs 28.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,559, 22% below the Jersey City average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 543 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 35.0% of renter households. 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017005500?
Census tract 34017005500 in Jersey City scores 9.4/10 (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 34017005500?
Median gross rent is $1,559/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017005500?
34.4% of residents in tract 34017005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 79th, minority 88th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017005500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 543 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.19% of renter households, peaking at 35.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.1% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017005500 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017005500 scores 9.4/10, higher than the parent city of Jersey City at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jersey City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34017005500 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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