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Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Dumont Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34003010300 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 7,682 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Dumont

34003010300 is a census tract in Dumont, NJ. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,682. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 10% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,751
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$124,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Dumont
Moderate
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#105 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Moderate
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,000 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,618 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dumont and the region

Centroid at 40.9470, -73.9991 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dumont scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dumont
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,186 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dumont
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dumont
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dumont
5.4

How Dumont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dumont risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 0103006.1Dumontparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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)

  • 49Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2014)
  • 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003010300
Filings climbed 140% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dumont

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. At $2,186 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Dumont commands.

SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10.

Court records carry 49 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.2% 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 2.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34003010300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003010300?

Census tract 34003010300 in Dumont scores 5.9/10 (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 34003010300?

Median gross rent is $2,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003010300?

8.0% of residents in tract 34003010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,682.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003010300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 11th, minority 63th, housing 41th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003010300?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003010300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003010300 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003010300 compare to Dumont overall?

Tract 34003010300 scores 5.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Dumont at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dumont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34003010300 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 Dumont

Top eight tracts in Dumont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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