Within neighborhood
64
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newark
Tract 34013019200 · Essex County, NJ · pop 5,071 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 34013019200 covers the Academy Heights neighborhood of Newark, home to 5,071 residents. For landlords it grades 7.1/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #3,740 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,526 monthly, set against $52,297 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$52,297
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7419, -74.2524 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 5.2
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
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,526 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 19%Grade A
- 37%Grade B
- 24%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)
- 295Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2017)
- 42Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Academy Heights
The score leans hardest on 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 racially mixed and ranks around the 65th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 34013019200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019200?
Census tract 34013019200 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 34013019200?
Median gross rent is $1,526/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013019200?
18.9% of residents in tract 34013019200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,071.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013019200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 7th, minority 56th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 34013019200 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013019200 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013019200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 295 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013019200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.79% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013019200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013019200 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013019200 scores 5.2/10, 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 34013019200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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