Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Southwest Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Glen Rock
Tract 34003061400 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,919 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 34003061400 runs through the Southwest Ridgewood area of Glen Rock. With 4,919 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,501 monthly, set against $173,505 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,737
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$173,505
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Glen Rock and the region
Centroid at 40.9859, -74.1575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southwest Ridgewood scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Glen Rock
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glen Rock
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glen Rock
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glen Rock
5.0
How Southwest Ridgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 6%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)
- 11Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2017)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southwest Ridgewood. 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
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 3.1%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwest Ridgewood
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Glen Rock, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 11 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2017.
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 34003061400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003061400?
Census tract 34003061400 in the Southwest Ridgewood neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 34003061400?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003061400?
1.9% of residents in tract 34003061400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,919.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003061400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 28th, minority 23th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 34003061400 considered part of Southwest Ridgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003061400 fall within Southwest Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003061400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003061400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.35% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003061400 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34003061400 compare to Glen Rock overall?
Tract 34003061400 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Glen Rock at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glen Rock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34003061400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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