Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Overlook Eviction Risk: Lower , Summit
Tract 34039037900 · Union County, NJ · pop 5,771 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Overlook in Summit anchors census tract 34039037900, which lands at 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,646 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,830
Renter share6.6%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Summit and the region
Centroid at 40.7032, -74.3682 · click any tract to drill in
Why Overlook scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Summit
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,646 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Summit
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Summit
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Summit
3.1
How Overlook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 35%Grade A
- 28%Grade B
- 2%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)
- 5Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Overlook. 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.8%Food insecurity
- 2.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 15.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Overlook
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Summit eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Union County average of 6.6 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039037900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039037900?
Census tract 34039037900 in the Overlook neighborhood scores 2/10 (Lower 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 34039037900?
Median gross rent is $2,646/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039037900?
2.0% of residents in tract 34039037900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039037900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 14th, minority 39th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 34039037900 considered part of Overlook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34039037900 fall within Overlook (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039037900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34039037900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.47% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34039037900 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34039037900 compare to Summit overall?
Tract 34039037900 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Summit at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Summit eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34039037900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Summit
Top eight tracts in Summit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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