Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 34027043401 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34027043401 · Morris County, NJ · pop 7,406
Census tract 34027043401 covers Morris, home to 7,406 residents. For landlords it grades 6.2/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,175 a month while the average household earns $174,948 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,663
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$174,948
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morris County and the region
Centroid at 40.8216, -74.5082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 34027043401 scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,175 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 34027043401 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
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)
- 14Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2018)
- 8Filings 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 34027043401
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.1% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027043401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027043401?
Census tract 34027043401 in Morris County scores 2.4/10 (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 34027043401?
Median gross rent is $2,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027043401?
7.8% of residents in tract 34027043401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,406.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027043401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 51th, minority 44th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027043401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027043401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.97% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027043401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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