Within neighborhood
21
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Academy Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Newark
Tract 34013019900 · Essex County, NJ · pop 2,517 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
The Academy Heights neighborhood of Newark anchors census tract 34013019900, which lands at 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,454 a month while the average household earns $210,588 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units990
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$210,588
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7306, -74.2812 · click any tract to drill in
Why Academy Heights scores 2.6
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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,454 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 54%Grade A
- 37%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 193Total filings over 6 yrs
- 16.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.2%Peak (2013)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.0%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 14.9%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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% 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 34013019900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013019900?
Census tract 34013019900 in the Academy Heights neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 34013019900?
Median gross rent is $1,454/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013019900?
3.1% of residents in tract 34013019900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,517.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013019900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 29th, minority 33th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 34013019900 considered part of Academy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013019900 fall within Academy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013019900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 193 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013019900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.88% of renter households, peaking at 22.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013019900 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013019900 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013019900 scores 2.6/10, 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 34013019900 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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