2 census tracts · pop 5,765 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 3.4–5.1
Downtown spans 2 census tracts of Beachwood, NJ, population 5,765. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. about three-quarters of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Beachwood rate of 42.1%.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10.
The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.4 to 5.1, a 1.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 389 across 2 observed tracts. Average gross rent is $2,042, 13% below the Beachwood average of $2,335. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 32.4% of renter households.
Judgments average 0.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 15% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $105,361.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Downtown vs BeachwoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport6%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Downtown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
389Total filings (sum)
18.78%Avg annual filing rate
32.4%Peak year (2018)
25.67%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Downtown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.9%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility shutoff threat
15.5%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
12.4%No health insurance
25.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Downtown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Downtown?
Downtown scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Downtown compare to Beachwood overall?
Downtown scores 0.0 points higher than Beachwood overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 77% of income on rent vs 42% citywide. Average rent: $2,042 vs $2,335.
Q3
What is the average rent in Downtown?
Average gross rent in Downtown is $2,042/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Downtown residents are renters?
15% of Downtown households are renter-occupied (vs 7% in Beachwood). The neighborhood has 5,765 residents.
Q5
Is Downtown a high social-vulnerability area?
Downtown sits in the 35th 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 Downtown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Downtown is census tract 34029724000 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 5.1, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Downtown for landlords?
Downtown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Beachwood as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Downtown?
Downtown has 5,875 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.4%), Hispanic / Latino (32.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
