Within neighborhood
65
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Fort Lee
Tract 34003046100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,095 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 34003046100 covers part of the Koreatown area of Ridgefield Park, NJ, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,712
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$94,630
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Lee and the region
Centroid at 40.8509, -74.0155 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koreatown scores 7.8
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,721 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Lee
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Lee
6.4
How Koreatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 35%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)
- 265Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2014)
- 45Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% 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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koreatown
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 265 filings here across 5 tracked years. On the softer side, economic stress reads 3/10.
SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 8.1% of renter households. 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 6.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003046100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003046100?
Census tract 34003046100 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 34003046100?
Median gross rent is $1,721/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003046100?
11.9% of residents in tract 34003046100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003046100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 66th, minority 73th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 34003046100 considered part of Koreatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003046100 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003046100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 265 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003046100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.67% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003046100 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003046100 compare to Fort Lee overall?
Tract 34003046100 scores 7.8/10, 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 34003046100 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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