Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Newark Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34013000500 · Essex County, NJ · pop 2,152
34013000500 is a census tract in Newark, NJ. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,152 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units660
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate25.3%
Median income$51,622
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7680, -74.1837 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newark scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.3% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,346 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 66%Grade C
- 34%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)
- 212Total filings over 6 yrs
- 8.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 30.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.7%Food insecurity
- 25.2%SNAP enrollment
- 17.6%Transit barriers
- 32.8%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newark
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 50.3% across Essex County. It sits 2.6 points above the Essex County average of 7.3.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 212 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.5% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013000500?
Census tract 34013000500 in Newark scores 9.9/10 (High 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 34013000500?
Median gross rent is $1,346/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013000500?
25.3% of residents in tract 34013000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,152.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 91th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013000500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 212 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.78% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.2% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34013000500 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013000500 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Newark at 8.5/10. 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 34013000500 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. 34% 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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