Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Hudson Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee
Tract 34003019102 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,183 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 34003019102 sits in the Hudson Heights area of Fort Lee eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It is home to 3,183 residents. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,357
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$98,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8599, -73.9552 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hudson Heights scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,233 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lee
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lee
5.6
How Hudson Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 32%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)
- 189Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2017)
- 55Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 112% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hudson Heights
Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 189 filings here across 5 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2017, when 9.2% 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 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003019102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003019102?
Census tract 34003019102 in the Hudson Heights neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 34003019102?
Median gross rent is $2,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003019102?
6.3% of residents in tract 34003019102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,183.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003019102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 76th, minority 81th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 34003019102 considered part of Hudson Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003019102 fall within Hudson Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003019102?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003019102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.41% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003019102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003019102 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003019102 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lee at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003019102 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.
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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