Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34039035000 · Union County, NJ · pop 2,957
34039035000 is a census tract in Linden, NJ. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 44.6% across Union County.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,036
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$93,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6251, -74.2641 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,594 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 7%Grade B
- 25%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)
- 51Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% 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.
- 17.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 51 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.3% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Union County average of 6.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,594, close to the Linden average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $93,438.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039035000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035000?
Census tract 34039035000 in Linden scores 6.9/10 (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 34039035000?
Median gross rent is $1,594/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035000?
10.6% of residents in tract 34039035000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,957.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 72th, minority 77th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.54% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035000 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.1% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035000 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035000 scores 6.9/10, higher 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 34039035000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Linden
Top eight tracts in Linden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34039034500
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34039035100
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34039034700
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035400
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035200
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035300
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039034900
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039034600
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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