Census Tract · Ranked #15,778 of 84,120 nationally

Chatham Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027042700 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,327

Census tract 34027042700 belongs to Chatham, New Jersey. It is home to 4,327 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,200 monthly, set against $229,914 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 16% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,502

Renter share24.7%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate2.8%

Median income$229,914

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chatham and the region

Centroid at 40.7464, -74.3809 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chatham scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chatham

7.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

2.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,200 rent vs county FMR

5.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chatham

3.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chatham

4.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chatham

2.6

How Chatham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

7%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

49Total filings over 2 yrs
6.90%Avg annual filing rate
8.2%Peak (2017)
20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

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.

5.4%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
5.2%Food insecurity
2.6%SNAP enrollment
3.7%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
16.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chatham

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chatham, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Morris County average of 5.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027042700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027042700?

Census tract 34027042700 in Chatham scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027042700?

Median gross rent is $2,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027042700?

2.8% of residents in tract 34027042700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,327.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027042700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 13th, minority 40th, housing 50th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027042700?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027042700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.90% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027042700 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027042700 compare to Chatham overall?

Tract 34027042700 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Chatham at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chatham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chatham

Top eight tracts in Chatham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.