Within neighborhood
38
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Teachers Village Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013006900 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,289 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 34013006900 covers part of the Teachers Village area of Newark, NJ, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,289 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. 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 53%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share83.2%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate25.9%
Median income$63,217
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7236, -74.1664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Teachers Village 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
25.9% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,700 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Teachers Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 181Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2014)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Teachers Village. 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.
- 26.6%Housing insecurity
- 15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.7%Food insecurity
- 22.4%SNAP enrollment
- 16.0%Transit barriers
- 27.8%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Teachers Village
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. It sits 2.6 points above the Essex County average of 7.3. Against Essex County at 50.3%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.
83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $63,217, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Housing insecurity runs 26.6% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,700, 22% above the Newark average.
Court records carry 181 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013006900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013006900?
Census tract 34013006900 in the Teachers Village neighborhood 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 34013006900?
Median gross rent is $1,700/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013006900?
25.9% of residents in tract 34013006900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,289.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013006900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 72th, minority 78th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 34013006900 considered part of Teachers Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013006900 fall within Teachers Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013006900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013006900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013006900 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.6% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013006900 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013006900 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.
Q9
Was tract 34013006900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% 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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