Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Blairstown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34041031101 · Warren County, NJ · pop 5,718 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Blairstown
Blairstown is where census tract 34041031101 sits, home to 5,718 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.4/10. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,390 a month while the average household earns $127,907 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,132
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$127,907
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blairstown and the region
Centroid at 41.0020, -75.0026 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blairstown scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blairstown
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,390 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blairstown
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blairstown
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blairstown
4.7
How Blairstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
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)
- 62Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 6 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blairstown
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Blairstown, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Warren County average of 6.2 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% 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 34041031101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34041031101?
Census tract 34041031101 in Blairstown scores 4/10 (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 34041031101?
Median gross rent is $1,390/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34041031101?
3.2% of residents in tract 34041031101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,718.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34041031101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 14th, minority 17th, housing 7th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34041031101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34041031101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34041031101 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34041031101 compare to Blairstown overall?
Tract 34041031101 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Blairstown at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blairstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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