Within neighborhood
7
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
University Heights Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013008800 · Essex County, NJ · pop 2,091 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 34013008800 covers part of the University Heights area of Newark, NJ, and scores 8.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,091. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units635
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$71,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7529, -74.1730 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Heights scores 8.2
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,637 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 13%Grade C
- 87%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)
- 528Total filings over 6 yrs
- 19.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.7%Peak (2017)
- 102Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% 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.
- 23.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 23.8%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Heights
Against Essex County at 50.3%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 23.8% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,637 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Newark commands.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Housing insecurity runs 23.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 528 filings here across 6 tracked years. It sits 0.9 points above the Essex County average of 7.3. Filings peaked in 2017 at 23.7% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. In a typical year about 20.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013008800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013008800?
Census tract 34013008800 in the University Heights neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 34013008800?
Median gross rent is $1,637/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013008800?
8.2% of residents in tract 34013008800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,091.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013008800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 46th, minority 97th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 34013008800 considered part of University Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013008800 fall within University Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013008800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 528 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013008800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.99% of renter households, peaking at 23.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013008800 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.0% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013008800 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013008800 scores 8.2/10, lower 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 34013008800 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. 87% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newark
Top eight tracts in Newark ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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