Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Knickerbocker Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bergenfield
Tract 34003003500 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,039 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 34003003500 covers Knickerbocker Park in Bergenfield in New Jersey. Home to 4,039 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 74% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,747 monthly, set against $68,214 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,570
Renter share55.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$68,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bergenfield and the region
Centroid at 40.9176, -73.9884 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knickerbocker Park scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bergenfield
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,747 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bergenfield
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bergenfield
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bergenfield
5.8
How Knickerbocker Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 42%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,059Total filings over 5 yrs
- 21.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.5%Peak (2015)
- 227Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Knickerbocker Park. 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.
- 18.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.7%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 17.0%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knickerbocker Park
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Bergenfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bergen County average of 6.3 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,059 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 21.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.5% of renter households in 2015.
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 34003003500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003003500?
Census tract 34003003500 in the Knickerbocker Park neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 34003003500?
Median gross rent is $1,747/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003003500?
17.6% of residents in tract 34003003500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003003500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 78th, minority 84th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 34003003500 considered part of Knickerbocker Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003003500 fall within Knickerbocker Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003003500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,059 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003003500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.45% of renter households, peaking at 24.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003003500 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.0% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003003500 compare to Bergenfield overall?
Tract 34003003500 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Bergenfield at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bergenfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003003500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Bergenfield
Top eight tracts in Bergenfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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