Neighborhood · Ranked #26,932 of 84,120 nationally

Pleasant Plains Eviction Risk: Moderate , Gillette

Tract 34027044102 · Morris County, NJ · pop 5,923 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Here is how census tract 34027044102, in Pleasant Plains in Gillette, looks to a landlord: a 5.7/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,923. On the national scale it ranks #30,112 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,840 monthly, set against $160,812 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

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.

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 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 · 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)

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

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. 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 Gillette, 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34027044102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027044102?

Census tract 34027044102 in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 34027044102?

Median gross rent is $1,840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

How does tract 34027044102 compare to Gillette overall?

Tract 34027044102 scores 5.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Gillette at 5.8/10. 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.

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.