Within neighborhood
35
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee
Tract 34003019304 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 2,674 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 6.8/10, tract 34003019304 in the Koreatown area of Fort Lee, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,674 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units944
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$124,412
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8364, -73.9853 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koreatown scores 6.8
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,310 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 23%Grade B
- 55%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 47Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2014)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koreatown
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
The filing record is not thin: 47 evictions over 5 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.7% 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 3.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.
It tracks the Bergen County average of 6.3 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003019304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003019304?
Census tract 34003019304 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 34003019304?
Median gross rent is $2,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003019304?
8.6% of residents in tract 34003019304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,674.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003019304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 26th, minority 75th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 34003019304 considered part of Koreatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003019304 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003019304?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003019304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.35% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003019304 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003019304 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003019304 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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 34003019304 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. 6% 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.
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
8.3
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Hudson Heights
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Koreatown
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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