Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Fanwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34039038701 · Union County, NJ · pop 3,701
Eviction risk in Fanwood centers on tract 34039038701, which scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,701 residents. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,294 a month while the average household earns $171,944 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,300
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$171,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fanwood and the region
Centroid at 40.6385, -74.3889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fanwood scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fanwood
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,294 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fanwood
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fanwood
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fanwood
5.4
How Fanwood 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.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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
- 78%Grade B
- 21%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.
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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 16.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fanwood
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Fanwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Union County average of 6.6 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 34039038701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039038701?
Census tract 34039038701 in Fanwood scores 1.4/10 (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 34039038701?
Median gross rent is $2,294/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039038701?
1.3% of residents in tract 34039038701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,701.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039038701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 29th, minority 45th, housing 11th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34039038701 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34039038701 compare to Fanwood overall?
Tract 34039038701 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Fanwood at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fanwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 34039038701 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fanwood
Top eight tracts in Fanwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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