Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003059200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,164
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 34003059200 in Westwood ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,164 residents. On the national scale it ranks #12,778 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,867 monthly, set against $171,302 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,068
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$171,302
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westwood and the region
Centroid at 40.9864, -74.0411 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westwood
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,867 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westwood
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westwood
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westwood
4.4
How Westwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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.
- 7%Grade A
- 46%Grade B
- 12%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)
- 34Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2018)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Westwood, 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2018.
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 34003059200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003059200?
Census tract 34003059200 in Westwood scores 2.4/10 (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 34003059200?
Median gross rent is $1,867/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003059200?
4.1% of residents in tract 34003059200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,164.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003059200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 46th, minority 51th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003059200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003059200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003059200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003059200 compare to Westwood overall?
Tract 34003059200 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Westwood at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003059200 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 Westwood
Top eight tracts in Westwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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