Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee
Tract 34003045102 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,218 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
34003045102 is a census tract in the Koreatown area of Ridgefield, NJ. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,218. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Bergen County average of 46.6%.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,359
Renter share48.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$123,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8336, -73.9975 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koreatown scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,935 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 99%Grade C
- 1%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.
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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koreatown
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% 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. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Bergen County average of 6.3 closely. Average gross rent is $1,935, 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 34003045102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003045102?
Census tract 34003045102 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 34003045102?
Median gross rent is $1,935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003045102?
6.8% of residents in tract 34003045102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,218.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003045102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 65th, minority 79th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 34003045102 considered part of Koreatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003045102 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003045102 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003045102 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003045102 scores 6.6/10, lower 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.
Q8
Was tract 34003045102 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.
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Top eight tracts in Fort Lee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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