Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Newark Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34013004700 · Essex County, NJ · pop 4,499
With a score of 8.5/10, tract 34013004700 in Newark, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,499 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$61,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7054, -74.2124 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newark scores 8.5
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,559 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 98%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 3,343Total filings over 6 yrs
- 45.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 52.5%Peak (2013)
- 497Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% 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.
- 24.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newark
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Against Essex County at 50.3%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Essex County average of 7.3.
Housing insecurity runs 24.0% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 3,343 filings here across 6 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,559, 12% above the Newark average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2013, when 52.5% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Essex Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013004700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013004700?
Census tract 34013004700 in Newark scores 8.5/10 (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 34013004700?
Median gross rent is $1,559/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013004700?
9.2% of residents in tract 34013004700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,499.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013004700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 19th, minority 98th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013004700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 3,343 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013004700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.14% of renter households, peaking at 52.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013004700 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.0% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34013004700 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013004700 scores 8.5/10, right in line with 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 34013004700 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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