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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

The Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City

Tract 34017001000 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 1,964 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34017001000 (The Heights in Jersey City, New Jersey) comes in at 7.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,741 a month while the average household earns $82,784 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 69% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 40% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units751
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$82,784

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 13 tracts In The Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 77 tracts In Jersey City
Moderate
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#94 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Moderate
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#422 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7447, -74.0590 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Heights scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Jersey City
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,741 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jersey City
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jersey City
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jersey City
8.0

How The Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 001000Jersey City: 8.38.3Jersey Cityparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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.

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)

  • 91Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2014)
  • 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170010002014: 36 filings (6.50/100 renter HHs)2016: 21 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2017: 21 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2018: 13 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 64% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within The 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 The Heights

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Jersey City 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 Hudson County average of 7.0 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 36% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 34017001000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001000?

Census tract 34017001000 in the The Heights neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 34017001000?

Median gross rent is $1,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001000?

12.3% of residents in tract 34017001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,964.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 52th, minority 87th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 34017001000 considered part of The Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001000 fall within The Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017001000 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017001000 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017001000 scores 6.8/10, lower than the parent city of Jersey City at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jersey City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34017001000 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. 36% 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 Jersey City

Top eight tracts in Jersey City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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