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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Knickerbocker Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bergenfield

Tract 34003003500 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,039 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 34003003500 sits in the Knickerbocker Park area of Bergenfield eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. It is home to 4,039 residents. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Knickerbocker Park
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Bergenfield
Very High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#477 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
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 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Knickerbocker Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.7This tracttract 0035006.3Bergenfieldparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003003500
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Knickerbocker Park

74% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Bergen County average of 46.6%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,059 filings here across 5 tracked years. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 24.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 21.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

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 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Bergenfield at 6.3/10. 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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