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Teachers Village Eviction Risk: High , Newark

Tract 34013008100 · Essex County, NJ · pop 4,127 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 34013008100 sits in the Teachers Village area of Newark eviction risk, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,060 monthly, set against $27,240 in average yearly household income, roughly 47% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57% Stable renters 40% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,349
Renter share97.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$27,240

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 17 tracts In Teachers Village
Very High
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 88 tracts In Newark
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 211 tracts In Essex County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newark and the region

Centroid at 40.7341, -74.1768 · click any tract to drill in

Why Teachers Village scores 9.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Teachers Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.49.4This tracttract 008100Newark: 9.09.0Newarkparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 3,247Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 28.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 29.8%Peak (2017)
  • 598Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340130081002013: 450 filings (27.44/100 renter HHs)2014: 455 filings (27.74/100 renter HHs)2015: 550 filings (33.54/100 renter HHs)2016: 557 filings (26.08/100 renter HHs)2017: 637 filings (29.82/100 renter HHs)2018: 598 filings (28.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 33% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Teachers Village

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Newark eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Essex County average of 7.3 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 3,247 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 28.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 29.8% of renter households in 2017.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: Newark eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.

Frequently asked

About tract 34013008100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013008100?

Census tract 34013008100 in the Teachers Village 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 34013008100?

Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34013008100?

32.3% of residents in tract 34013008100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,127.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34013008100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 93th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 34013008100 considered part of Teachers Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013008100 fall within Teachers Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013008100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 3,247 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013008100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.77% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34013008100 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.8% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34013008100 compare to Newark overall?

Tract 34013008100 scores 9.4/10, higher than the parent city of Newark at 9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Newark

Top eight tracts in Newark ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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