Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Pine Brook Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34027040803 · Morris County, NJ · pop 7,597 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Pine Brook
Census tract 34027040803 covers part of Pine Brook, NJ, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,597. 23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Morris County average of 40.8%.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,744
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$159,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pine Brook and the region
Centroid at 40.8691, -74.3497 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pine Brook scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pine Brook
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,379 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pine Brook
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pine Brook
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pine Brook
3.3
How Pine Brook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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
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)
- 9Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.6%Peak (2018)
- 5Filings 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 17.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pine Brook
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
Food insecurity runs 6.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 9 eviction filings across 2 observed years. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2018 at 0.6% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Essex Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027040803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027040803?
Census tract 34027040803 in Pine Brook 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 34027040803?
Median gross rent is $2,379/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027040803?
5.8% of residents in tract 34027040803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,597.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027040803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 28th, minority 55th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027040803?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027040803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.57% of renter households, peaking at 0.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027040803 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027040803 compare to Pine Brook overall?
Tract 34027040803 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Pine Brook at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pine Brook; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34027040803 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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