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

West New York Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017015500 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,745

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 34017015500 in West New York, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,745. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 27% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,823
Renter share73.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$48,478

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In West New York
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 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, -74.0190 · 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
27.8% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 0155008.1West New Yorkparent city7.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 299Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2014)
  • 55Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34017015500
Filings dropped 41% 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

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Hudson County average of 46.5%.

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $48,478, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Food insecurity runs 33.9% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. At $1,375 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of West New York commands.

Court records carry 299 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34017015500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015500?

Census tract 34017015500 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 34017015500?

Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015500?

27.8% of residents in tract 34017015500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,745.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 84th, minority 87th, housing 75th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 299 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.70% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017015500 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.4% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017015500 compare to West New York overall?

Tract 34017015500 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 34017015500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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