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Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Linden Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34039034600 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,178

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 34039034600 in Linden, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,178. Against Union County at 44.6%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 13% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,383
Renter share38.7%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$89,904

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Linden
Very Low
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#70 of 120 tracts In Union County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#874 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#16,571 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Linden and the region

Centroid at 40.6424, -74.2502 · click any tract to drill in

Why Linden scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Linden
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,760 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Linden
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Linden
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Linden
5.7

How Linden compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Linden risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0346006.6Lindenparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 321Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 12.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.6%Peak (2017)
  • 68Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34039034600
Filings dropped 17% over the past 4 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Linden

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Court records carry 321 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2017, when 13.6% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Union 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 12.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34039034600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039034600?

Census tract 34039034600 in Linden 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 34039034600?

Median gross rent is $1,760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34039034600?

3.3% of residents in tract 34039034600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,178.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34039034600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 84th, minority 95th, housing 28th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039034600?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 321 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039034600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.12% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34039034600 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34039034600 compare to Linden overall?

Tract 34039034600 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Linden at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Linden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34039034600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 56% 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 Linden

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

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