6 census tracts · pop 21,429 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.2/10
· range 7.5–9.3
Indian Square is a 6-tract neighborhood of Jersey City, NJ, population 21,429. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.2/10, in the High tier. Against a Jersey City baseline of 27.5%, 42% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
This is a renter market: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
20% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Scores across the 6 constituent tracts range from 7.5 to 9.3. A 1.8-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.
On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10. Running hot is housing-court posture at 8/10.
Court records carry 2,006 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,735, 14% below the Jersey City average of $2,007. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 17.1% of renter households. Among the 8 mapped neighborhoods of Jersey City, it ranks #3 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.2
High
6 tracts · population-weighted
Indian Square vs Jersey CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority84%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport82%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Indian Square
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,006Total filings (sum)
9.84%Avg annual filing rate
17.1%Peak year (2018)
10.37%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Indian Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.6%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
9.2%SNAP enrollment
11.1%No health insurance
21.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Indian Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Indian Square?
Indian Square scores 8.2/10 (High tier) across 6 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 Indian Square compare to Jersey City overall?
Indian Square scores 0.2 points higher than Jersey City overall (8/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,735 vs $2,007.
Q3
What is the average rent in Indian Square?
Average gross rent in Indian Square is $1,735/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Indian Square residents are renters?
76% of Indian Square households are renter-occupied (vs 72% in Jersey City). The neighborhood has 21,429 residents.
Q5
Is Indian Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Indian Square sits in the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Indian Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Indian Square is census tract 34017002001 (score 9.3/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.5 to 9.3, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Indian Square for landlords?
Indian Square carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.2/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Indian Square?
Indian Square has 21,828 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (45.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (22.5%), Hispanic / Latino (17.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
