Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Newark
Tract 34013002300 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,402 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
34013002300 is a census tract in the Academy Heights area of Newark, NJ. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,402. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,826
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$84,038
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7387, -74.2322 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 7.5
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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,515 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Academy Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 67%Grade B
- 33%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)
- 1,394Total filings over 6 yrs
- 28.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.7%Peak (2018)
- 247Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Academy Heights. 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.
- 25.7%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.7%Food insecurity
- 21.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights
Against Essex County at 50.3%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 1,394 evictions over 6 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 28.7% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,515, 9% above the Newark average.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. In a typical year about 28.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013002300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013002300?
Census tract 34013002300 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 34013002300?
Median gross rent is $1,515/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013002300?
5.9% of residents in tract 34013002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013002300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 34013002300 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013002300 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013002300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,394 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.08% of renter households, peaking at 28.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013002300 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.7% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013002300 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013002300 scores 7.5/10, lower 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.
Q9
Was tract 34013002300 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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