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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Hiawatha Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34027041702 · Morris County, NJ · pop 3,027

34027041702 is a census tract in Lake Hiawatha, NJ. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 6% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share8.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$93,400

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Lake Hiawatha
Very High
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 110 tracts In Morris County
Elevated
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#1,105 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Hiawatha and the region

Centroid at 40.8806, -74.3752 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Hiawatha scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lake Hiawatha
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,356 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Hiawatha
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Hiawatha
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Hiawatha
2.2

How Lake Hiawatha compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake Hiawatha risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0417025.0Lake Hiawathaparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

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)

  • 13Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 5.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2017)
  • 4Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Hiawatha

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 40.8% across Morris County.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 13 filings here across 2 tracked years.

Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,356 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Lake Hiawatha commands.

Filings peaked in 2017 at 8.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10. Against average income of $93,400, annual rent is just 17%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027041702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041702?

Census tract 34027041702 in Lake Hiawatha scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 34027041702?

Median gross rent is $1,356/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041702?

4.6% of residents in tract 34027041702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,027.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 38th, minority 64th, housing 10th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041702?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.97% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34027041702 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34027041702 compare to Lake Hiawatha overall?

Tract 34027041702 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lake Hiawatha at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Hiawatha; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lake Hiawatha

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

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