Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003021600 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,528 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
The Garfield Park neighborhood of Garfield is where census tract 34003021600 sits, home to 4,528 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.2/10. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,628 a month while the average household earns $69,284 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate24.7%
Median income$69,284
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8700, -74.1092 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 7.4
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
24.7% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,628 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 76%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
- 30%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)
- 456Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2014)
- 68Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% 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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.6%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 24.3%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
The score leans hardest on 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 34003021600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003021600?
Census tract 34003021600 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 34003021600?
Median gross rent is $1,628/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003021600?
24.7% of residents in tract 34003021600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003021600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 77th, minority 76th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 34003021600 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003021600 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003021600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 456 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003021600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.99% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003021600 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003021600 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003021600 scores 7.4/10, right in line with 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 34003021600 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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