Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
River Edge Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003048200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 7,940
Eviction risk in River Edge centers on tract 34003048200, which scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 7,940 residents. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 48% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,815 monthly, set against $213,406 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
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 county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
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 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 28%Grade B
- 10%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)
- 21Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2013)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 17.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in River Edge
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from River Edge, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003048200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003048200?
Census tract 34003048200 in River Edge scores 2/10 (Lower 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 2/10, lower than the parent city of River Edge at 7.4/10. 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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