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Census Tract · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34003011300 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,861

Tract 34003011300 sits in Elmwood Park eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 4,861. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.1
High
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 parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Elmwood Park
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#382 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7,382 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very 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 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Elmwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.1This tracttract 0113006.8Elmwood Parkparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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)

  • 74Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2018)
  • 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003011300
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park

Cost burden runs 60% here against 46.6% across Bergen County. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

The filing record is not thin: 74 evictions over 5 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,876, 10% below the Elmwood Park average. The worst year on record was 2018, when 4.7% 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 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003011300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003011300?

Census tract 34003011300 in Elmwood Park scores 8.1/10 (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 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 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Elmwood Park at 6.8/10. 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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