Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally
East Ferry Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013007300 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,423 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 34013007300 sits in the East Ferry area of Newark eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.4/10. It is home to 5,423 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,993
Renter share74.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$51,038
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7275, -74.1500 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Ferry scores 9.4
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
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,544 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 East Ferry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
- 100%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)
- 148Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2014)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Ferry. 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.2%Food insecurity
- 18.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 24.4%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Ferry
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
Against the Essex County average of 7.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $51,038, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Essex County at 50.3%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 24.4% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 148 evictions over 6 years of observation. At $1,544 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Newark commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013007300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013007300?
Census tract 34013007300 in the East Ferry neighborhood scores 9.4/10 (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 34013007300?
Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013007300?
15.1% of residents in tract 34013007300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,423.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013007300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 97th, minority 73th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 34013007300 considered part of East Ferry?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013007300 fall within East Ferry (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013007300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013007300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.76% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013007300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013007300 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013007300 scores 9.4/10, 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 34013007300 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. 100% 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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