Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Pleasant Eviction Risk: Moderate , Saddle River
Tract 34003035200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,096 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 34003035200 in the Mount Pleasant area of Woodcliff Lake, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,096 residents. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,123
Renter share11.4%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$211,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saddle River and the region
Centroid at 41.0260, -74.0611 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Pleasant scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saddle River
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,629 rent vs county FMR
7.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saddle River
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saddle River
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saddle River
5.8
How Mount Pleasant 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.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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
- 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)
- 11Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2013)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mount Pleasant. 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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.0%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 18.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Pleasant
Against Bergen County at 46.6%, roughly three in four of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. At $2,629 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Woodcliff Lake commands.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The voucher gap is 26.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
SNAP participation runs 2.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Bergen County average of 6.3.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 11 filings here across 5 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2013 at 1.7% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st 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 34003035200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003035200?
Census tract 34003035200 in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood scores 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 34003035200?
Median gross rent is $2,629/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003035200?
2.1% of residents in tract 34003035200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,096.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003035200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 13th, minority 34th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 34003035200 considered part of Mount Pleasant?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003035200 fall within Mount Pleasant (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003035200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003035200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.94% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003035200 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003035200 compare to Saddle River overall?
Tract 34003035200 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Saddle River at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saddle River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003035200 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.
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