Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Kearny Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34017012700 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 6,554
Census tract 34017012700 covers part of Kearny, NJ, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,554. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$81,354
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kearny and the region
Centroid at 40.7507, -74.1105 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kearny scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kearny
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,613 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kearny
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kearny
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kearny
6.4
How Kearny compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 1%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 114Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2017)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 20.3%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kearny
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 114 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 3.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017012700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017012700?
Census tract 34017012700 in Kearny 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 34017012700?
Median gross rent is $1,613/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017012700?
14.6% of residents in tract 34017012700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017012700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 29th, minority 77th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017012700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 114 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017012700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017012700 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017012700 compare to Kearny overall?
Tract 34017012700 scores 7.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Kearny at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kearny eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34017012700 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 Kearny
Top eight tracts in Kearny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.8
/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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7.6
/ 10 · High
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34017013300
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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