Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039035000 · Union County, NJ · pop 2,957
Tract 34039035000, home to 2,957 residents in Linden, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,594 monthly, set against $93,438 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
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
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6251, -74.2641 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 4.9
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 tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Linden eviction risk, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 51 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2013.
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 34039035000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035000?
Census tract 34039035000 in Linden scores 4.9/10 (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 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 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Linden at 7.9/10. 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.
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34039034500
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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34039035100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035400
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034900
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035300
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034600
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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