Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Morningside Heights Eviction Risk: High , Cliffside Park
Tract 34003006302 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,193 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 34003006302 covers part of the Morningside Heights area of Cliffside Park, NJ, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,193 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.3
High
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
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
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 8.3
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. It sits 2.0 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3.
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Bergen County average of 46.6%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10.
At $1,632 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Cliffside Park commands. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson 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.
That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $90,104.
48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 8.3/10 (High 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 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Cliffside Park at 6.9/10. 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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