Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
North Arlington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003038200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,533
Eviction risk in North Arlington centers on tract 34003038200, which scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,533 residents. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,689 monthly, set against $78,086 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$78,086
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Arlington and the region
Centroid at 40.7843, -74.1359 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Arlington scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Arlington
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,689 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Arlington
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Arlington
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Arlington
3.2
How North Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 80%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)
- 298Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2018)
- 66Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Arlington
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 North Arlington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 54th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34003038200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003038200?
Census tract 34003038200 in North Arlington scores 3.8/10 (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 34003038200?
Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003038200?
3.6% of residents in tract 34003038200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,533.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003038200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 11th, minority 72th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003038200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 298 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003038200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.25% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003038200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003038200 compare to North Arlington overall?
Tract 34003038200 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of North Arlington at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Arlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003038200 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 North Arlington
Top eight tracts in North Arlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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