Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 34013017200 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34013017200 ·
Essex County, NJ · pop 3,293
Census tract 34013017200 runs through Essex. With 3,293 residents, it scores 6.9/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #5,910 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,960 a month against an average household income of $130,500 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 12%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$130,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
26th percentile
#157 of 211 tracts In Essex County
Low
Within state
40th percentile
#1,306 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
33th percentile
#56,660 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Essex County and the region
Centroid at 40.7956, -74.2198 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 34013017200 scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,960 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 34013017200 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
35%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
53%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.
1%Grade A
1%Grade B
77%Grade C
21%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
14.7%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
10.4%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 34013017200
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34013017200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013017200?
Census tract 34013017200 in Essex County scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 34013017200?
Median gross rent is $1,960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013017200?
11.1% of residents in tract 34013017200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,293.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013017200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 43th, minority 82th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013017200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 203 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013017200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.32% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34013017200 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
Was tract 34013017200 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. 21% 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.