Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Alpine Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003002100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 1,449
How risky is Alpine for landlords? Census tract 34003002100 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #57,634 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,357 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units517
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alpine and the region
Centroid at 40.9688, -73.9169 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alpine scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alpine
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,357 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alpine
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alpine
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alpine
2.2
How Alpine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 15Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 86% over the past 5 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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 10.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alpine
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. 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 Alpine, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.5% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003002100?
Census tract 34003002100 in Alpine scores 1.2/10 (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 34003002100?
Median gross rent is $2,357/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003002100?
3.3% of residents in tract 34003002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,449.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 80th, minority 57th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003002100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34003002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.77% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003002100 compare to Alpine overall?
Tract 34003002100 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Alpine at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alpine; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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