Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
Hackensack Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003023602 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,393
Census tract 34003023602 belongs to Hackensack, New Jersey. It is home to 4,393 residents and scores 6.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,275 monthly, set against $58,799 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 82% 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 36%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share82.5%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$58,799
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackensack and the region
Centroid at 40.8760, -74.0450 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackensack scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 7%Grade C
- 69%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)
- 454Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2014)
- 80Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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.
- 26.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.3%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 30.2%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hackensack
The heaviest input here 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 above 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 69% 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 454 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.4% of renter households in 2014.
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 34003023602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003023602?
Census tract 34003023602 in Hackensack 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 34003023602?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003023602?
21.2% of residents in tract 34003023602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003023602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 90th, minority 91th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003023602?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 454 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003023602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.63% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003023602 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.4% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003023602 compare to Hackensack overall?
Tract 34003023602 scores 7.2/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 34003023602 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. 69% 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.
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