Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant Plains Eviction Risk: Lower , Gillette
Tract 34027044102 · Morris County, NJ · pop 5,923 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 34027044102 sits in the Pleasant Plains area of Gillette, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 5,923 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,044
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$160,812
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gillette and the region
Centroid at 40.6943, -74.4776 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant Plains scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gillette
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,840 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gillette
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gillette
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gillette
4.7
How Pleasant Plains 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.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 21Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2017)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant Plains
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.7 points below the Morris County average of 5.5. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.3/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 21 filings here across 2 tracked years. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 3.5% 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 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027044102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027044102?
Census tract 34027044102 in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 34027044102?
Median gross rent is $1,840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027044102?
6.3% of residents in tract 34027044102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027044102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 31th, minority 39th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 34027044102 considered part of Pleasant Plains?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34027044102 fall within Pleasant Plains (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027044102?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027044102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.80% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34027044102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34027044102 compare to Gillette overall?
Tract 34027044102 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Gillette at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gillette; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34027044102 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. 0% 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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