Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Bear's Cove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ramsey
Tract 34003044202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,077 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34003044202 sits in the Bear's Cove area of Ramsey, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 5,077. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,153
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$122,102
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ramsey and the region
Centroid at 41.0687, -74.1352 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bear's Cove scores 5.4
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,173 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 72Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2017)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bear's Cove
24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 72 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2017 at 4.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 34003044202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003044202?
Census tract 34003044202 in the Bear's Cove neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 34003044202?
Median gross rent is $2,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003044202?
4.3% of residents in tract 34003044202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,077.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003044202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 51th, minority 31th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34003044202 considered part of Bear's Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003044202 fall within Bear's Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003044202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003044202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.10% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003044202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003044202 compare to Ramsey overall?
Tract 34003044202 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ramsey at 5.9/10. 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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