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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Uptown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hoboken

Tract 34017018702 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,562 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Uptown neighborhood of Hoboken anchors census tract 34017018702, which lands at 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #7,085 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,287 a month while the average household earns $96,338 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 49% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,267
Renter share69.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$96,338

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Uptown
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 16 tracts In Hoboken
Very High
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#148 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very Low
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#609 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoboken and the region

Centroid at 40.7490, -74.0272 · click any tract to drill in

Why Uptown scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$2,287 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Uptown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Uptown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 018702Hoboken: 8.18.1Hobokenparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

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.

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)

  • 314Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.1%Peak (2014)
  • 64Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170187022014: 93 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)2016: 79 filings (5.19/100 renter HHs)2017: 78 filings (5.12/100 renter HHs)2018: 64 filings (4.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Uptown. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Uptown

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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 96% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 34017018702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017018702?

Census tract 34017018702 in the Uptown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 34017018702?

Median gross rent is $2,287/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017018702?

14.7% of residents in tract 34017018702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,562.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017018702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 1th, minority 57th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 34017018702 considered part of Uptown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017018702 fall within Uptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017018702?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017018702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.16% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017018702 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017018702 compare to Hoboken overall?

Tract 34017018702 scores 5.5/10, 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 34017018702 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. 96% 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.

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