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Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally

Tenafly Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 34003055100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,885

Tract 34003055100 covers Tenafly in Bergen County in New Jersey. Home to 6,885 residents, it scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,079 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,883 a month while the average household earns $229,872 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 23% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,393
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$229,872

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Tenafly
Moderate
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#157 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Low
Within state
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#1,858 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
National
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#73,892 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tenafly and the region

Centroid at 40.9160, -73.9419 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tenafly scores 2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Tenafly
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,883 rent vs county FMR
8.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tenafly
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tenafly
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tenafly
3.2

How Tenafly compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tenafly risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.02.0This tracttract 055100Tenafly: 7.77.7Tenaflyparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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)

  • 38Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2018)
  • 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340030551002013: 9 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.97/100 renter HHs)2017: 3 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2018: 10 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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 Tenafly

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Tenafly, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003055100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003055100?

Census tract 34003055100 in Tenafly 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 34003055100?

Median gross rent is $2,883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003055100?

3.7% of residents in tract 34003055100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,885.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003055100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 42th, minority 47th, housing 56th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003055100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003055100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.04% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003055100 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003055100 compare to Tenafly overall?

Tract 34003055100 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Tenafly at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tenafly; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34003055100 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 Tenafly

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

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