Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally
West New York Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34017015600 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,334
Census tract 34017015600 covers part of West New York, NJ, and scores 9.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,334. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share81.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$61,772
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across West New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7879, -74.0122 · click any tract to drill in
Why West New York scores 9.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,613 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 83%Grade C
- 17%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)
- 401Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2014)
- 92Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% 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.
- 25.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.0%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 30.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West New York
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. 81% 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. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Hudson County average of 46.5%.
Food insecurity runs 34.0% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
It sits 1.7 points above the Hudson County average of 7.7. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 401 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.8% 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 7.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017015600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015600?
Census tract 34017015600 in West New York scores 9.4/10 (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 34017015600?
Median gross rent is $1,613/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015600?
20.8% of residents in tract 34017015600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 87th, minority 90th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 401 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.26% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017015600 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.7% 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 34017015600 compare to West New York overall?
Tract 34017015600 scores 9.4/10, 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 34017015600 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. 17% 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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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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