Within neighborhood
58
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
The Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City
Tract 34017001000 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 1,964 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 34017001000 covers part of the The Heights area of Jersey City, NJ, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,964 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units751
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$82,784
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7447, -74.0590 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Heights scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,741 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 The Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 7%Grade B
- 57%Grade C
- 36%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 91Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Heights. 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Heights
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The filing record is not thin: 91 evictions over 4 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 42% here against 46.5% across Hudson County. At $1,741 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Jersey City commands.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001000?
Census tract 34017001000 in the The Heights neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34017001000?
Median gross rent is $1,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001000?
12.3% of residents in tract 34017001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,964.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 52th, minority 87th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 34017001000 considered part of The Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001000 fall within The Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017001000 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017001000 scores 7.9/10, right in line with 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.
Q9
Was tract 34017001000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 36% 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.
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