Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Hackettstown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34041031402 · Warren County, NJ · pop 5,526
Census tract 34041031402 sits in Hackettstown in Warren County, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,432 monthly, set against $102,460 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,905
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$102,460
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackettstown and the region
Centroid at 40.8434, -74.8367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackettstown scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hackettstown
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,432 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hackettstown
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hackettstown
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hackettstown
5.3
How Hackettstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 402Total filings over 6 yrs
- 7.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2013)
- 46Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hackettstown
The heaviest input here 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 Hackettstown, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 402 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 7.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 34041031402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34041031402?
Census tract 34041031402 in Hackettstown scores 3.6/10 (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 34041031402?
Median gross rent is $1,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34041031402?
7.8% of residents in tract 34041031402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,526.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34041031402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 64th, minority 50th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34041031402?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 402 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34041031402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.77% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34041031402 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34041031402 compare to Hackettstown overall?
Tract 34041031402 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Hackettstown at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hackettstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hackettstown
Top eight tracts in Hackettstown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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