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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Morningside Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cliffside Park

Tract 34003013004 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,066 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 34003013004 covers part of the Morningside Heights area of Edgewater, NJ, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,066. The voucher gap is 41.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 33% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,066
Renter share69.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$124,706

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Morningside Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Cliffside Park
Very High
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#625 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cliffside Park and the region

Centroid at 40.8151, -73.9848 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morningside Heights scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$2,922 rent vs county FMR
9.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cliffside Park
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cliffside Park
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cliffside Park
4.3

How Morningside Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Morningside Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0130046.9Cliffside Parkparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morningside Heights

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. On the high side, supply constraint reads 9.1/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Disability prevalence runs 15.1% against 31.5% nationally. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Cost burden runs 52% here against 46.6% across Bergen County. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

At $2,922 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Edgewater commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34003013004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003013004?

Census tract 34003013004 in the Morningside Heights neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 34003013004?

Median gross rent is $2,922/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003013004?

8.7% of residents in tract 34003013004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,066.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003013004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 11th, minority 76th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 34003013004 considered part of Morningside Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003013004 fall within Morningside Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003013004 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003013004 compare to Cliffside Park overall?

Tract 34003013004 scores 7.1/10, right in line with 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 34003013004 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. 4% 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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