Within neighborhood
85
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003021400 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,117 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 34003021400 runs through Garfield Park in Garfield. With 5,117 residents, it scores 7.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,597 a month while the average household earns $64,119 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,775
Renter share53.6%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$64,119
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8799, -74.0991 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 7.2
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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,597 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 1%Grade C
- 89%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)
- 317Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2013)
- 46Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 16.8%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Garfield 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 above 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 317 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2013.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 89% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 34003021400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003021400?
Census tract 34003021400 in the Garfield Park 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 34003021400?
Median gross rent is $1,597/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003021400?
20.7% of residents in tract 34003021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,117.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003021400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 24th, minority 63th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 34003021400 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003021400 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003021400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 317 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003021400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.27% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003021400 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003021400 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003021400 scores 7.2/10, lower than the parent city of Garfield at 7.6/10. 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 34003021400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 89% 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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