7 census tracts · pop 26,520 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 6.8–8
Uptown is a 7-tract neighborhood of Hoboken, NJ, population 26,520. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7/10, in the Elevated tier. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
The voucher gap is 27.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.8 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Disability prevalence reaches 16.0% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. On the high side is supply constraint at 7.7/10. Court records carry 392 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
Food insecurity affects 7.3% of adults, 10.5 points below the national rate. 28% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, marginally above the Hoboken rate of 23.8%. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 6.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.6% in 2018, is well off that peak.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
7 tracts · population-weighted
Uptown vs HobokenHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority51%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Uptown
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
392Total filings (sum)
2.08%Avg annual filing rate
6.1%Peak year (2016)
1.72%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Uptown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.3%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility shutoff threat
7.2%Food insecurity
3.5%SNAP enrollment
6.2%No health insurance
15.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Uptown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Uptown?
Uptown scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Uptown compare to Hoboken overall?
Uptown scores 1.2 points lower than Hoboken overall (8.2/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 24% citywide. Average rent: $2,934 vs $2,938.
Q3
What is the average rent in Uptown?
Average gross rent in Uptown is $2,934/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Uptown residents are renters?
61% of Uptown households are renter-occupied (vs 66% in Hoboken). The neighborhood has 26,520 residents.
Q5
Is Uptown a high social-vulnerability area?
Uptown sits in the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Uptown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Uptown is census tract 34017018702 (score 8/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 8, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Uptown for landlords?
Uptown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 7 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Hoboken as a whole (8.2/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Uptown?
Uptown has 26,341 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (15.5%), Hispanic / Latino (12.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
