Within neighborhood
39
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003030201 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,239 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34003030201 covers part of the Garfield Park area of Lodi, NJ, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,239 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,513
Renter share62.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$105,337
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8746, -74.0931 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 7.6
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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,704 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garfield
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garfield
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garfield
6.9
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
- 0%Grade C
- 80%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
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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,704, close to the Lodi average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $105,337. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003030201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003030201?
Census tract 34003030201 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 34003030201?
Median gross rent is $1,704/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003030201?
10.3% of residents in tract 34003030201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,239.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003030201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 64th, minority 74th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 34003030201 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003030201 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003030201 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003030201 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003030201 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Garfield at 7/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 34003030201 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. 80% 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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