Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Roselle Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039033700 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,600
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 34039033700 in Roselle Park, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,600 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,674
Renter share21.7%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$113,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Roselle Park and the region
Centroid at 40.6664, -74.2554 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roselle Park scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Roselle Park
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Roselle Park
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Roselle Park
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Roselle Park
3.8
How Roselle Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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.
- 15%Grade A
- 39%Grade B
- 43%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)
- 160Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2013)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roselle Park
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against the Union County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally.
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Union County average of 44.6%. Court records carry 160 eviction filings across 4 observed years. At $1,434 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Roselle Park commands.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.5% 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 9.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039033700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039033700?
Census tract 34039033700 in Roselle Park scores 5.2/10 (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 34039033700?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039033700?
3.0% of residents in tract 34039033700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,600.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039033700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 16th, minority 67th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039033700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039033700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.94% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039033700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039033700 compare to Roselle Park overall?
Tract 34039033700 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Roselle Park at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roselle eviction risk Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039033700 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 Roselle Park
Top eight tracts in Roselle Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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