Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
The Shades Eviction Risk: Elevated , Union City
Tract 34017018200 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 5,017 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34017018200 sits in the The Shades area of Hudson County, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. Population here is 5,017. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,009
Renter share56.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$174,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Union City and the region
Centroid at 40.7628, -74.0283 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Shades scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Union City
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,239 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Union City
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Union City
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Union City
5.0
How The Shades compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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
- 0%Grade B
- 63%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)
- 108Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2017)
- 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Shades. 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Shades
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Hudson County average of 7.7.
40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Hudson County average of 46.5%. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 108 filings here across 4 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.7% of renter households were served.
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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017018200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017018200?
Census tract 34017018200 in the The Shades neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 34017018200?
Median gross rent is $2,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017018200?
7.1% of residents in tract 34017018200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,017.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017018200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 12th, minority 71th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 34017018200 considered part of The Shades?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017018200 fall within The Shades (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017018200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017018200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017018200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017018200 compare to Union City overall?
Tract 34017018200 scores 6.2/10, lower than the parent city of Union City at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Union City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34017018200 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.
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