Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Hackensack Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34003023304 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 2,363

For landlords sizing up Hackensack, census tract 34003023304 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,670 a month against an average household income of $115,341 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 15% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,192

Renter share25.9%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate4.1%

Median income$115,341

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hackensack and the region

Centroid at 40.8950, -74.0559 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hackensack scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Hackensack

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

4.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,670 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hackensack

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hackensack

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hackensack

6.1

How Hackensack compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

10%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
23%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
100%Grade B
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
9.8%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
8.9%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
20.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hackensack

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Hackensack eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 34003023304

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023304?

Census tract 34003023304 in Hackensack scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34003023304?

Median gross rent is $1,670/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023304?

4.1% of residents in tract 34003023304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,363.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 39th, minority 70th, housing 23th.

What share of households in tract 34003023304 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34003023304 compare to Hackensack overall?

Tract 34003023304 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Hackensack at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hackensack eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34003023304 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Hackensack

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