Within neighborhood
57
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newark
Tract 34013018800 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,609 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 34013018800 runs through the Academy Heights neighborhood of Newark. With 5,609 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,543 a month against an average household income of $78,979 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,755
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$78,979
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7579, -74.2428 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newark
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newark
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newark
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newark
5.0
How Academy Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 74%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 2,230Total filings over 6 yrs
- 40.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 49.3%Peak (2015)
- 276Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Academy 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.
- 22.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 18.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights
The heaviest input here 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 inherited from Newark eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.0% 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 34013018800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013018800?
Census tract 34013018800 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 34013018800?
Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013018800?
18.6% of residents in tract 34013018800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,609.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013018800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 83th, minority 88th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 34013018800 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013018800 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013018800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,230 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013018800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.70% of renter households, peaking at 49.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013018800 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.3% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013018800 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013018800 scores 4.7/10, lower 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.
Q9
Was tract 34013018800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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