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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee

Tract 34003045101 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,233 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 34003045101 covers part of the Koreatown area of Ridgefield, NJ, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,233 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 29% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,607
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$108,934

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 21 tracts In Koreatown
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Fort Lee
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#74 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#703 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region

Centroid at 40.8279, -74.0014 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koreatown scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Lee
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,073 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lee
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lee
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lee
4.4

How Koreatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Koreatown risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.8This tracttract 0451016.9Fort Leeparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Koreatown

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. It tracks the Bergen County average of 6.3 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,073, close to the Ridgefield average.

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 34003045101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003045101?

Census tract 34003045101 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 34003045101?

Median gross rent is $2,073/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003045101?

4.8% of residents in tract 34003045101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,233.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003045101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 17th, minority 73th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 34003045101 considered part of Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003045101 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003045101 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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.
Q7

How does tract 34003045101 compare to Fort Lee overall?

Tract 34003045101 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 34003045101 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. 1% 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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