Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
Koreatown Eviction Risk: High , Fort Lee
Tract 34003041100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,403 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
34003041100 is a census tract in the Koreatown area of Palisades Park, NJ. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,403. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Bergen County average of 46.6%.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,098
Renter share58.1%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$84,074
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8505, -74.0023 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koreatown scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,742 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lee
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lee
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.1
How Koreatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 372Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2013)
- 48Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Koreatown. 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koreatown
Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.8 points. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Disability prevalence runs 19.4% against 31.5% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 372 filings here across 5 tracked years.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7/10. Average gross rent is $1,742, 13% below the Palisades Park average. The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.4% of renter households were served.
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 4.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.
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 34003041100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003041100?
Census tract 34003041100 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 34003041100?
Median gross rent is $1,742/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003041100?
14.8% of residents in tract 34003041100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,403.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003041100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 32th, minority 87th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 34003041100 considered part of Koreatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003041100 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003041100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 372 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003041100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.78% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003041100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003041100 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003041100 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Lee at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Lee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003041100 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 Fort Lee
Top eight tracts in Fort Lee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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