Within neighborhood
23
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003030402 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,838 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 34003030402 belongs to Garfield Park in Garfield, New Jersey. It is home to 3,838 residents and scores 6.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,580 a month against an average household income of $114,034 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$114,034
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield and the region
Centroid at 40.8733, -74.0786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 5.5
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,580 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
- 3%Grade B
- 64%Grade C
- 33%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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34003030402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003030402?
Census tract 34003030402 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 34003030402?
Median gross rent is $1,580/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003030402?
11.3% of residents in tract 34003030402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,838.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003030402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 48th, minority 64th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34003030402 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003030402 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003030402 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003030402 compare to Garfield overall?
Tract 34003030402 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 34003030402 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. 33% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Garfield
Top eight tracts in Garfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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