Academy Heights Eviction Risk: High , Newark

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $34,031, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,046, 25% below the Newark average. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally. Against Essex County at 50.3%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.