Within neighborhood
8
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003025200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,721 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
How risky is the Garfield Park area of Garfield for landlords? Census tract 34003025200 scores 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #7,029 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,158 a month while the average household earns $127,380 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,136
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$127,380
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8619, -74.0799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 3.6
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
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,158 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garfield
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garfield
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garfield
6.8
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 71%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.
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)
- 100Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 34003025200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003025200?
Census tract 34003025200 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 34003025200?
Median gross rent is $2,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003025200?
1.3% of residents in tract 34003025200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,721.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003025200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 48th, minority 45th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 34003025200 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003025200 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003025200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003025200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.03% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003025200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003025200 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003025200 scores 3.6/10, 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 34003025200 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 Garfield
Top eight tracts in Garfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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