Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Radburn Eviction Risk: Lower , Fair Lawn
Tract 34003017400 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,894 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 34003017400 covers the Radburn area of Fair Lawn in New Jersey. Home to 5,894 residents, it scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #11,096 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,915 monthly, set against $177,245 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,931
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$177,245
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fair Lawn and the region
Centroid at 40.9355, -74.1027 · click any tract to drill in
Why Radburn scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fair Lawn
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,915 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fair Lawn
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fair Lawn
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fair Lawn
6.0
How Radburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 6%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 34Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2018)
- 14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 180% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Radburn. 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Radburn
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk 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 Fair Lawn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2018.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 34003017400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003017400?
Census tract 34003017400 in the Radburn neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 34003017400?
Median gross rent is $1,915/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003017400?
3.2% of residents in tract 34003017400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,894.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003017400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 66th, minority 50th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 34003017400 considered part of Radburn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003017400 fall within Radburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003017400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003017400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.43% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003017400 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003017400 compare to Fair Lawn overall?
Tract 34003017400 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Fair Lawn at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fair Lawn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003017400 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. 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 Fair Lawn
Top eight tracts in Fair Lawn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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