3 census tracts · pop 9,077 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 5.1–8.3
Morris Place is a 3-tract neighborhood of Morristown, NJ and houses 9,077 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.9/10, in the Elevated tier. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.1 to 8.3, a 3.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
about a quarter of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions logged in this tract. 10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
At $1,974 a month, rents sit 13% under what the rest of Morristown commands. SNAP participation is 6.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 3.3% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 2.2% in 2018 against a 3.3% peak.
Against average income of $127,462, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion. 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Morris Place vs MorristownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Morris Place
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
15Total filings (sum)
2.74%Avg annual filing rate
3.3%Peak year (2017)
2.19%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Morris Place
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.7%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
9.5%No health insurance
19.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Morris Place
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Morris Place?
Morris Place scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Morris Place compare to Morristown overall?
Morris Place scores 0.4 points lower than Morristown overall (7.3/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,974 vs $2,274.
Q3
What is the average rent in Morris Place?
Average gross rent in Morris Place is $1,974/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Morris Place residents are renters?
55% of Morris Place households are renter-occupied (vs 63% in Morristown). The neighborhood has 9,077 residents.
Q5
Is Morris Place a high social-vulnerability area?
Morris Place sits in the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Morris Place have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Morris Place is census tract 34027043602 (score 8.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 8.3, a spread of 3.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Morris Place for landlords?
Morris Place carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Morristown as a whole (7.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Morris Place?
Morris Place has 8,316 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (57.7%), Hispanic / Latino (26.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
