Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Northvale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003002200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,336 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Northvale
Tract 34003002200 covers Northvale in New Jersey. Home to 5,336 residents, it scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,853 a month while the average household earns $118,614 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,761
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$118,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northvale and the region
Centroid at 41.0094, -73.9420 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northvale scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northvale
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,853 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northvale
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northvale
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northvale
5.2
How Northvale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 34Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2013)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northvale
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.7/10. 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 Northvale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bergen County average of 6.3 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34003002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003002200?
Census tract 34003002200 in Northvale scores 2.3/10 (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 34003002200?
Median gross rent is $1,853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003002200?
4.2% of residents in tract 34003002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,336.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 50th, minority 63th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003002200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003002200 compare to Northvale overall?
Tract 34003002200 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Northvale at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northvale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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