Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally
Teachers Village Eviction Risk: High , Newark
Tract 34013022900 · Essex County, NJ · pop 4,738 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34013022900 covers the Teachers Village neighborhood of Newark, home to 4,738 residents. For landlords it grades 7.6/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,312 a month while the average household earns $60,304 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 69%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units2,076
Renter share96.0%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$60,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newark and the region
Centroid at 40.7452, -74.1717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Teachers Village scores 8.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newark
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,312 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newark
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newark
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newark
8.0
How Teachers Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 1,475Total filings over 6 yrs
- 19.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.0%Peak (2018)
- 344Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 104% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Teachers Village. 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.
- 21.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.7%Food insecurity
- 18.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Teachers Village
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,475 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 19.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.0% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 62nd 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.
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 34013022900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34013022900?
Census tract 34013022900 in the Teachers Village neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (High 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 34013022900?
Median gross rent is $1,312/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34013022900?
30.8% of residents in tract 34013022900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,738.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34013022900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 1th, minority 87th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 34013022900 considered part of Teachers Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34013022900 fall within Teachers Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34013022900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,475 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34013022900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.19% of renter households, peaking at 26.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34013022900 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.7% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34013022900 compare to Newark overall?
Tract 34013022900 scores 8.8/10, right in line with 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 34013022900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 26% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newark
Top eight tracts in Newark ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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34013005400
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
University Heights
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Academy Heights
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34013009600
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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