Within neighborhood
27
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
University Heights Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013008700 · Essex County, NJ · pop 3,985 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 9.1/10, tract 34013008700 in the University Heights area of Newark, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. 39% 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
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,439
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$54,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7556, -74.1696 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Heights scores 9.1
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
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,296 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 University Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 59%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 820Total filings over 6 yrs
- 19.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.4%Peak (2017)
- 123Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University 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.
- 25.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.3%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 28.1%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Heights
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Against Essex County at 50.3%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Essex County average of 7.3.
Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 820 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 21.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 19.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013008700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013008700?
Census tract 34013008700 in the University Heights neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 34013008700?
Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013008700?
13.6% of residents in tract 34013008700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,985.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013008700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 65th, minority 90th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 34013008700 considered part of University Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013008700 fall within University Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013008700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 820 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013008700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.83% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013008700 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.2% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013008700 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013008700 scores 9.1/10, 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 34013008700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 6% 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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