Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039035300 · Union County, NJ · pop 6,528
Census tract 34039035300 sits in Linden eviction risk, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,880 a month against an average household income of $87,880 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,196
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$87,880
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6245, -74.2441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 4.6
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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,880 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 43%Grade C
- 54%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)
- 455Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2018)
- 139Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 45% 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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 18.5%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%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 about the same as the Union County average of 6.6 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 54% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 34039035300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035300?
Census tract 34039035300 in Linden scores 4.6/10 (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 34039035300?
Median gross rent is $1,880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035300?
5.3% of residents in tract 34039035300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 87th, minority 84th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 455 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.41% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035300 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035300 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035300 scores 4.6/10, 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 34039035300 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. 54% 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
34039035000
4.9
/ 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
34039034600
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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