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Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Newark

Tract 34013019000 · Essex County, NJ · pop 4,869 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 6.1/10, tract 34013019000 in the Academy Heights area of Newark ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,869 residents. On the national scale it ranks #19,014 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Average household income is about $250,001 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 40% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 15 tracts In Academy Heights
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#189 of 211 tracts In Essex County
Very Low
Within state
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#1,672 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#68,306 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newark and the region

Centroid at 40.7530, -74.2705 · click any tract to drill in

Why Academy Heights scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
Academy Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 019000Newark: 9.09.0Newarkparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 6Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 5.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340130190002013: 3 filings (4.41/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (1.47/100 renter HHs)2015: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2017: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2018: 2 filings (9.52/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights

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 Newark eviction risk, 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 below 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 A ("Best"), 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 6 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% of renter households in 2013.

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 34013019000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019000?

Census tract 34013019000 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34013019000?

3.0% of residents in tract 34013019000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,869.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 34013019000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 23th, minority 49th, housing 15th.
Q4

Is tract 34013019000 considered part of Academy Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013019000 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013019000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34013019000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.13% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34013019000 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34013019000 compare to Newark overall?

Tract 34013019000 scores 2.4/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 34013019000 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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