Census Tract · Ranked #21,326 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Tabor Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027041500 · Morris County, NJ · pop 6,003 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Mount Tabor

Census tract 34027041500 belongs to Mount Tabor, New Jersey. It is home to 6,003 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #24,139 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,628 a month against an average household income of $188,694 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 4% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units2,293

Renter share13.5%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$188,694

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Tabor and the region

Centroid at 40.8639, -74.5019 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Tabor scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mount Tabor

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

3.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,628 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mount Tabor

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mount Tabor

2.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mount Tabor

5.4

How Mount Tabor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

20%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
4%Housing & transportation

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)

34Total filings over 2 yrs
4.93%Avg annual filing rate
5.5%Peak (2017)
15Filings 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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.5%Food insecurity
3.4%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
18.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Tabor

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.7/10. 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 Mount Tabor, 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 4.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.5% of renter households in 2017.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34027041500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041500?

Census tract 34027041500 in Mount Tabor scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 34027041500?

Median gross rent is $1,628/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041500?

3.2% of residents in tract 34027041500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,003.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 33th, minority 48th, housing 4th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.93% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027041500 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027041500 compare to Mount Tabor overall?

Tract 34027041500 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Tabor at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Tabor; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mount Tabor

Top eight tracts in Mount Tabor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.