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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Koreatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Lee

Tract 34003019202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,429 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34003019202 (Koreatown in Fort Lee, New Jersey) comes in at 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #7,022 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,008 monthly, set against $137,446 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 90% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 51% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,683
Renter share89.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$137,446

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 21 tracts In Koreatown
Low
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Fort Lee
Very Low
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#70 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#925 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region

Centroid at 40.8505, -73.9631 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koreatown scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$3,008 rent vs county FMR
9.5
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 Koreatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Koreatown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 019202Fort Lee: 7.77.7Fort Leeparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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)

  • 281Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 9.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.7%Peak (2018)
  • 84Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340030192022013: 31 filings (6.58/100 renter HHs)2014: 41 filings (8.70/100 renter HHs)2015: 55 filings (11.68/100 renter HHs)2017: 70 filings (8.92/100 renter HHs)2018: 84 filings (10.70/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 171% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Koreatown. 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 Koreatown

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 9.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Lee 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% 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 34003019202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003019202?

Census tract 34003019202 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 34003019202?

Median gross rent is $3,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003019202?

9.0% of residents in tract 34003019202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,429.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003019202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 34th, minority 78th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 34003019202 considered part of Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003019202 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003019202?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 281 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003019202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34003019202 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34003019202 compare to Fort Lee overall?

Tract 34003019202 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Lee at 7.7/10. 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 34003019202 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 Fort Lee

Top eight tracts in Fort Lee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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