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Census Tract · Ranked #68 of 84,120 nationally

West New York Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017032400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 7,293

Census tract 34017032400 covers West New York, home to 7,293 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a high reading. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,467 a month while the average household earns $32,642 a year, roughly 54% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54% Stable renters 33% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units2,386
Renter share86.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate41.8%
Median income$32,642

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In West New York
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7928, -74.0135 · click any tract to drill in

Why West New York scores 9.4

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
41.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,467 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 / stateThis tract: 9.49.4This tracttract 032400West New York: 8.28.2West New Yorkparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 391Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2014)
  • 67Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170324002014: 120 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2016: 106 filings (5.94/100 renter HHs)2017: 98 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)2018: 67 filings (3.75/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 44% 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

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from West New York eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hudson County average of 7.0 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 391 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.4% of renter households in 2014.

In CDC survey modeling, about 36.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: West New York eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017032400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017032400?

Census tract 34017032400 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 34017032400?

Median gross rent is $1,467/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017032400?

41.8% of residents in tract 34017032400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,293.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017032400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 75th, minority 93th, housing 86th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017032400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 391 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017032400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.39% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017032400 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.5% 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. 22.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017032400 compare to West New York overall?

Tract 34017032400 scores 9.4/10, higher than the parent city of West New York at 8.2/10. 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 34017032400 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. 65% 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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