Within neighborhood
77
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34003021300 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,809 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 34003021300 covers part of the Garfield Park area of Garfield, NJ, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,809. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share42.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$76,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8783, -74.1088 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Garfield
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,512 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garfield
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garfield
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garfield
6.7
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 57%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)
- 192Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2013)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Garfield Park. 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
It sits 2.1 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 192 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,512, 10% below the Garfield average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.2% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $76,875.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003021300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003021300?
Census tract 34003021300 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High 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 34003021300?
Median gross rent is $1,512/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003021300?
12.0% of residents in tract 34003021300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,809.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003021300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 47th, minority 56th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 34003021300 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003021300 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003021300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 192 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003021300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.94% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003021300 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003021300 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003021300 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Garfield at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003021300 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 Garfield
Top eight tracts in Garfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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