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Census Tract · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally

Jersey City Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34017006300 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,247

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34017006300 (Jersey City, New Jersey) comes in at 6.9/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,340 a month against an average household income of $70,434 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 45% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,868
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$70,434

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#29 of 77 tracts In Jersey City
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#68 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#339 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#4,036 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.6909, -74.0922 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jersey City scores 7.2

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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,340 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Jersey City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Jersey City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.27.2This tracttract 006300Jersey City: 8.38.3Jersey Cityparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

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.

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)

  • 726Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 16.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.3%Peak (2014)
  • 165Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170063002014: 198 filings (18.27/100 renter HHs)2016: 196 filings (17.36/100 renter HHs)2017: 167 filings (14.79/100 renter HHs)2018: 165 filings (14.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Jersey City

What moves this score most is 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 Jersey City 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 above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 34017006300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017006300?

Census tract 34017006300 in Jersey City scores 7.2/10 (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 34017006300?

Median gross rent is $1,340/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017006300?

14.5% of residents in tract 34017006300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,247.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017006300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 57th, minority 90th, housing 38th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017006300?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 726 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017006300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.26% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017006300 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017006300 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017006300 scores 7.2/10, lower than the parent city of Jersey City at 8.3/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 34017006300 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. 0% 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 Jersey City

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

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