Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Bear's Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Ramsey
Tract 34003044201 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,691 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 34003044201, home to 3,691 residents in the Bear's Cove area of Ramsey, scores 6.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #14,657 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $194,250 a year. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,217
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate0.3%
Median income$194,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ramsey and the region
Centroid at 41.0513, -74.1342 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bear's Cove scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ramsey
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ramsey
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ramsey
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ramsey
4.7
How Bear's Cove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
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)
- 10Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.2%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bear's Cove. 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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 2.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 17.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bear's Cove
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Ramsey, 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 10 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.2% of renter households in 2013.
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 34003044201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003044201?
Census tract 34003044201 in the Bear's Cove neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34003044201?
0.3% of residents in tract 34003044201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,691.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003044201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 12th, minority 42th, housing 10th.
Q4
Is tract 34003044201 considered part of Bear's Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003044201 fall within Bear's Cove (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003044201?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34003044201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.03% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003044201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003044201 compare to Ramsey overall?
Tract 34003044201 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Ramsey at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ramsey; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ramsey
Top eight tracts in Ramsey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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