Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34039039600 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,637
Tract 34039039600 covers Plainfield in New Jersey. Home to 4,637 residents, it scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
71% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,706 a month while the average household earns $82,073 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$82,073
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 40.6036, -74.4238 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plainfield
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,706 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainfield
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainfield
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainfield
7.6
How Plainfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 83%Grade B
- 13%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)
- 369Total filings over 4 yrs
- 14.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.9%Peak (2013)
- 74Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 26.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.6%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.7%Transit barriers
- 21.1%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Plainfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Union County average of 6.6 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 34039039600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039039600?
Census tract 34039039600 in Plainfield scores 7.1/10 (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 34039039600?
Median gross rent is $1,706/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039039600?
21.8% of residents in tract 34039039600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039039600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 81th, minority 92th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039039600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 369 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039039600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.75% of renter households, peaking at 18.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039039600 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.5% 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. 16.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039039600 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 34039039600 scores 7.1/10, lower than the parent city of Plainfield at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039039600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Plainfield
Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34039039302
8.3
/ 10 · High
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34039039301
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34039039200
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039400
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039502
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039038800
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039000
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039038900
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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