Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003011200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,672
Elmwood Park anchors census tract 34003011200, which lands at 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #8,276 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,267 monthly, set against $80,862 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,760
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$80,862
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elmwood Park and the region
Centroid at 40.9105, -74.1264 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmwood Park scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elmwood Park
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,267 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elmwood Park
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elmwood Park
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elmwood Park
5.9
How Elmwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 86%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)
- 1,007Total filings over 5 yrs
- 21.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.7%Peak (2014)
- 195Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Elmwood 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% 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 34003011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003011200?
Census tract 34003011200 in Elmwood Park scores 5.1/10 (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 34003011200?
Median gross rent is $2,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003011200?
5.9% of residents in tract 34003011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 79th, minority 66th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003011200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,007 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.93% of renter households, peaking at 23.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003011200 compare to Elmwood Park overall?
Tract 34003011200 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Elmwood Park at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elmwood Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003011200 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 Elmwood Park
Top eight tracts in Elmwood Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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