Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003011300 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,861
How risky is Elmwood Park for landlords? Census tract 34003011300 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #4,715 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,876 monthly, set against $105,357 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$105,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elmwood Park and the region
Centroid at 40.8964, -74.1232 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmwood Park scores 5.5
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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,876 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 58%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)
- 74Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2018)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%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 above 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 13.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% 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 34003011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003011300?
Census tract 34003011300 in Elmwood Park scores 5.5/10 (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 34003011300?
Median gross rent is $1,876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003011300?
17.7% of residents in tract 34003011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,861.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 32th, minority 64th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003011300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.03% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003011300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003011300 compare to Elmwood Park overall?
Tract 34003011300 scores 5.5/10, 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 34003011300 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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