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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

River Edge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34003048200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 7,940

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 34003048200 in River Edge, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,940 residents. 48% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,691
Renter share6.4%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.1%
Median income$213,406

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In River Edge
Very Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,435 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across River Edge and the region

Centroid at 40.9281, -74.0424 · click any tract to drill in

Why River Edge scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from River Edge
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,815 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from River Edge
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from River Edge
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from River Edge
4.5

How River Edge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
River Edge risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0482005.9River Edgeparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

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.

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)

  • 21Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003048200
Filings dropped 71% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 River Edge

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.1% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. SNAP participation runs 2.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 21 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.2% of renter households were served. 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 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $213,406, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003048200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003048200?

Census tract 34003048200 in River Edge scores 4.9/10 (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 34003048200?

Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003048200?

1.1% of residents in tract 34003048200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,940.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003048200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 17th, minority 59th, housing 7th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003048200?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003048200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003048200 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003048200 compare to River Edge overall?

Tract 34003048200 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of River Edge at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from River Edge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34003048200 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 River Edge

Top eight tracts in River Edge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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