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Census Tract · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

West New York Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017015300 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,695

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 34017015300 in West New York, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,695. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 42% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,772
Renter share89.6%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$59,545

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 11 tracts In West New York
Elevated
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#70 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,657 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7903, -74.0066 · click any tract to drill in

Why West New York scores 9.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West New York
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from West New York
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West New York
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from West New York
7.7

How West New York compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West New York risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.5This tracttract 0153008.1West New Yorkparent city7.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 612Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 10.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.8%Peak (2014)
  • 138Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34017015300
Filings dropped 22% 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 West New York

29% 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: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Adults with no health insurance runs 29.8% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.

Food insecurity runs 33.0% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.

Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,420, 17% below the West New York average.

The filing record is not thin: 612 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 12.8% of renter households were served. 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 10.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34017015300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015300?

Census tract 34017015300 in West New York scores 9.5/10 (High 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 34017015300?

Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015300?

27.6% of residents in tract 34017015300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,695.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 17th, minority 92th, housing 73th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015300?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 612 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.53% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017015300 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.9% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017015300 compare to West New York overall?

Tract 34017015300 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of West New York at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West New York eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34017015300 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 West New York

Top eight tracts in West New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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