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Census Tract · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Newark Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34013000100 · Essex County, NJ · pop 6,576

Census tract 34013000100 runs through Newark. With 6,576 residents, it scores 7.8/10 for landlords. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,159 a month while the average household earns $51,554 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 30% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,654
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$51,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 88 tracts In Newark
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 211 tracts In Essex County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,438 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newark and the region

Centroid at 40.7824, -74.1691 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newark scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Newark
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,159 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newark
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newark
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newark
8.0

How Newark compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Newark risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.87.8This tracttract 000100Newark: 9.09.0Newarkparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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)

  • 1,545Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 15.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.5%Peak (2013)
  • 259Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340130001002013: 321 filings (19.53/100 renter HHs)2014: 293 filings (17.82/100 renter HHs)2015: 270 filings (16.42/100 renter HHs)2016: 205 filings (12.54/100 renter HHs)2017: 197 filings (12.05/100 renter HHs)2018: 259 filings (15.84/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 6 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 Newark

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Newark eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Essex County average of 7.3 and above 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 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,545 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 15.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.5% of renter households in 2013.

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 34013000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013000100?

Census tract 34013000100 in Newark scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 34013000100?

Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34013000100?

14.1% of residents in tract 34013000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,576.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34013000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 41th, minority 92th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013000100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,545 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.70% of renter households, peaking at 19.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34013000100 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34013000100 compare to Newark overall?

Tract 34013000100 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Newark at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newark eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34013000100 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. 1% 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 Newark

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

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