Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Northeast Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Ho-Ho-Kus
Tract 34003027000 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 34003027000 runs through Northeast Ridgewood in Ho-Ho-Kus. With 4,234 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 28% of US census tracts.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,375 monthly, set against $250,001 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,425
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate0.1%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ho-Ho-Kus and the region
Centroid at 40.9995, -74.0966 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northeast Ridgewood scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,375 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus
1.8
How Northeast Ridgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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.
- 13%Grade A
- 24%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 3Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Northeast Ridgewood. 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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.6%Food insecurity
- 2.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 16.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northeast Ridgewood
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.8% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003027000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003027000?
Census tract 34003027000 in the Northeast Ridgewood neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 34003027000?
Median gross rent is $2,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003027000?
0.1% of residents in tract 34003027000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,234.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003027000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 23th, minority 45th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 34003027000 considered part of Northeast Ridgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003027000 fall within Northeast Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003027000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34003027000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.84% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003027000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003027000 compare to Ho-Ho-Kus overall?
Tract 34003027000 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Ho-Ho-Kus at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ho-Ho-Kus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003027000 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.
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