Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
West Englewood Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bergenfield
Tract 34003048100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,082 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
34003048100 is a census tract in the West Englewood Park area of River Edge, NJ. It scores 6.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,082 residents. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share52.6%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$107,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bergenfield and the region
Centroid at 40.9229, -74.0339 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Englewood Park scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bergenfield
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,811 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bergenfield
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bergenfield
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bergenfield
4.5
How West Englewood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 46%Grade B
- 24%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)
- 224Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2013)
- 45Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Englewood Park. 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Englewood Park
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Against Bergen County at 46.6%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 224 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.6% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 5.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 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 most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003048100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003048100?
Census tract 34003048100 in the West Englewood Park neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 34003048100?
Median gross rent is $1,811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003048100?
7.2% of residents in tract 34003048100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,082.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003048100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 67th, minority 67th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 34003048100 considered part of West Englewood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003048100 fall within West Englewood Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003048100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003048100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003048100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003048100 compare to Bergenfield overall?
Tract 34003048100 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Bergenfield at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bergenfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003048100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Bergenfield
Top eight tracts in Bergenfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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