Within neighborhood
73
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Hutton Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Llewellyn Park
Tract 34013018900 · Essex County, NJ · pop 4,418 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
For landlords sizing up the Hutton Park neighborhood of Llewellyn Park, census tract 34013018900 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 94th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,492 monthly, set against $58,989 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,543
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$58,989
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Llewellyn Park and the region
Centroid at 40.7635, -74.2474 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hutton Park scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Llewellyn Park
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,492 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Llewellyn Park
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Llewellyn Park
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Llewellyn Park
5.0
How Hutton Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 97%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.
- 3%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 97%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)
- 2,159Total filings over 6 yrs
- 38.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 37.8%Peak (2017)
- 353Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hutton Park. 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.
- 31.1%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.9%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 18.6%Transit barriers
- 18.9%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hutton Park
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 inherited from Llewellyn Park, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 2,159 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 38.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 37.8% of renter households in 2017.
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 34013018900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013018900?
Census tract 34013018900 in the Hutton Park neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 34013018900?
Median gross rent is $1,492/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013018900?
16.3% of residents in tract 34013018900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,418.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013018900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 67th, minority 97th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 34013018900 considered part of Hutton Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013018900 fall within Hutton Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013018900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,159 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013018900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.20% of renter households, peaking at 37.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013018900 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.1% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013018900 compare to Llewellyn Park overall?
Tract 34013018900 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Llewellyn Park at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Llewellyn Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34013018900 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. 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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