Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Little Ferry Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003029200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,623
With a score of 7.9/10, tract 34003029200 in Little Ferry, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,623 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,423
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$89,007
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Little Ferry and the region
Centroid at 40.8447, -74.0416 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Ferry scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Little Ferry
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,053 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Little Ferry
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Little Ferry
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Little Ferry
5.3
How Little Ferry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 52%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)
- 251Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2015)
- 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% 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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Ferry
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.6 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 251 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Average gross rent is $2,053, 15% above the Little Ferry average. SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 90th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003029200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003029200?
Census tract 34003029200 in Little Ferry scores 7.9/10 (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 34003029200?
Median gross rent is $2,053/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003029200?
10.4% of residents in tract 34003029200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,623.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003029200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 39th, minority 72th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003029200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 251 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003029200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.52% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003029200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003029200 compare to Little Ferry overall?
Tract 34003029200 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Little Ferry at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Little Ferry; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003029200 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 Little Ferry
Top eight tracts in Little Ferry ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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