Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Morningside Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cliffside Park
Tract 34003006302 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,193 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 34003006302 runs through Morningside Heights in Cliffside Park. With 4,193 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,632 a month against an average household income of $90,104 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,938
Renter share48.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$90,104
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cliffside Park and the region
Centroid at 40.8144, -73.9894 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morningside Heights scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cliffside Park
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,632 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cliffside Park
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cliffside Park
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cliffside Park
5.9
How Morningside Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 49%Grade B
- 8%Grade C
- 13%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Morningside Heights. 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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morningside Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Cliffside Park 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.
Part of this tract, about 13% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% 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 34003006302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003006302?
Census tract 34003006302 in the Morningside Heights neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 34003006302?
Median gross rent is $1,632/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003006302?
17.0% of residents in tract 34003006302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,193.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003006302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 41th, minority 70th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34003006302 considered part of Morningside Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003006302 fall within Morningside Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003006302 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003006302 compare to Cliffside Park overall?
Tract 34003006302 scores 6/10, lower than the parent city of Cliffside Park at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cliffside Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003006302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 13% 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 Cliffside Park
Top eight tracts in Cliffside Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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