Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34039035400 · Union County, NJ · pop 3,191
Census tract 34039035400 covers part of Linden, NJ, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,191. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units959
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$111,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6213, -74.2251 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 6.7
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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,498 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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 1%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 76Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2018)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% 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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Court records carry 76 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,498, 13% below the Linden average. The worst year on record was 2018, when 11.2% 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 8.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Against average income of $111,042, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039035400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035400?
Census tract 34039035400 in Linden scores 6.7/10 (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 34039035400?
Median gross rent is $1,498/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035400?
12.7% of residents in tract 34039035400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,191.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 39th, minority 74th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.09% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035400 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035400 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035400 scores 6.7/10, right in line with 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 34039035400 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. 5% 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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7.6
/ 10 · High
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34039034700
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035000
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035200
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039034900
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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34039035300
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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