Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #83,884 of 84,120 nationally
Chatham Eviction Risk: Lower
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
1
Lower
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.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
0
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chatham and the region
Centroid at 40.7464, -74.3809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chatham scores 1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
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)
- 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
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027042700?
Census tract 34027042700 in Chatham scores 1/10 (Lower 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 34027042700?
Median gross rent is $2,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 34027042700 compare to Chatham overall?
Tract 34027042700 scores 1/10, lower than the parent city of Chatham at 7.4/10. 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.
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