2 census tracts · pop 5,681 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10
· range 6.6–8
Colgate Center is a 2-tract neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ and houses 5,681 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.6/10, in the Elevated tier. At $3,498 a month, rents sit 74% over what the rest of Jersey City commands.
What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 52.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10.
This is a renter market: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 27% of renter households.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.6 to 8, a 1.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
SNAP participation is 2.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 151 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Severe burden reaches 9%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 2.4% of renter households.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.4 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
6.6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Colgate Center vs Jersey CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Colgate Center
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
151Total filings (sum)
1.94%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak year (2014)
1.35%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Colgate Center
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.6%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility shutoff threat
5.4%Food insecurity
2.2%SNAP enrollment
4.5%No health insurance
12.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Colgate Center
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Colgate Center?
Colgate Center scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Colgate Center compare to Jersey City overall?
Colgate Center scores 1.4 points lower than Jersey City overall (8/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $3,498 vs $2,007.
Q3
What is the average rent in Colgate Center?
Average gross rent in Colgate Center is $3,498/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Colgate Center residents are renters?
75% of Colgate Center households are renter-occupied (vs 72% in Jersey City). The neighborhood has 5,681 residents.
Q5
Is Colgate Center a high social-vulnerability area?
Colgate Center sits in the 9th 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 Colgate Center have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Colgate Center is census tract 34017980100 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 8, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Colgate Center for landlords?
Colgate Center carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Jersey City as a whole (8/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Colgate Center?
Colgate Center has 6,214 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (47.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (36.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
