Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Springfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34039037500 · Union County, NJ · pop 5,484 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Springfield
Tract 34039037500, home to 5,484 residents in Springfield in Union County, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,075 a month while the average household earns $135,346 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,315
Renter share51.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$135,346
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Springfield and the region
Centroid at 40.7106, -74.3149 · click any tract to drill in
Why Springfield scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Springfield
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,075 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Springfield
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Springfield
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Springfield
2.7
How Springfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 66%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 3%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)
- 522Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2018)
- 150Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 18.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Springfield
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. 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 Springfield, 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.
Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34039037500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039037500?
Census tract 34039037500 in Springfield scores 1.5/10 (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 34039037500?
Median gross rent is $2,075/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039037500?
2.3% of residents in tract 34039037500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,484.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039037500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 8th, minority 63th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039037500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 522 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039037500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.82% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039037500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039037500 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 34039037500 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Springfield at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039037500 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. 3% 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 Springfield
Top eight tracts in Springfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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