Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34039035100 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,183
Census tract 34039035100 covers part of Linden, NJ, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,183 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,591
Renter share56.8%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$78,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6354, -74.2481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 7.6
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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 0%Grade B
- 37%Grade C
- 11%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)
- 360Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2013)
- 76Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.1%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
It sits 1.0 points above the Union County average of 6.6. The filing record is not thin: 360 evictions over 4 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,494, 14% below the Linden average.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 13.0% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039035100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035100?
Census tract 34039035100 in Linden scores 7.6/10 (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 34039035100?
Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035100?
13.1% of residents in tract 34039035100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,183.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 68th, minority 79th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 360 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.82% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035100 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035100 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035100 scores 7.6/10, 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 34039035100 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. 11% 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
8
/ 10 · High
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34039034700
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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34039035000
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035400
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035200
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039034900
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035300
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039034600
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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