Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Newport Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City

Tract 34017007702 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 778 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 34017007702 covers part of the Newport area of Jersey City, NJ, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 62% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units465

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate10.4%

Median income$158,631

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7317, -74.0368 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newport scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

10.4% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$3,447 rent vs county FMR

10.0

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 Newport compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

4%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
78%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Newport. 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.

5.6%Housing insecurity
2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
2.2%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
11.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newport

Average gross rent is $3,447, 72% above the Jersey City average. The voucher gap is 49.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.5% across Hudson County.

SNAP participation runs 2.2% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.6% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017007702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017007702?

Census tract 34017007702 in the Newport neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34017007702?

Median gross rent is $3,447/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017007702?

10.4% of residents in tract 34017007702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 778.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017007702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 1th, minority 85th, housing 78th.

Is tract 34017007702 considered part of Newport?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017007702 fall within Newport (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 34017007702 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017007702 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017007702 scores 6.9/10, lower 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Jersey City

Top eight tracts in Jersey City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.