Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Square Eviction Risk: High , Jersey City
Tract 34017001201 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,089 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
34017001201 is a census tract in the Indian Square area of Jersey City, NJ. It scores 8.2/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units926
Renter share76.5%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$72,065
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7370, -74.0563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Square scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,642 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Indian Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 99%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)
- 210Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2018)
- 65Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Square. 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
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Square
76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. At $1,642 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Jersey City commands.
Court records carry 210 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Against Hudson County at 46.5%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 11.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. It tracks the Hudson County average of 7.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017001201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001201?
Census tract 34017001201 in the Indian Square neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 34017001201?
Median gross rent is $1,642/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001201?
13.0% of residents in tract 34017001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,089.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 55th, minority 85th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 34017001201 considered part of Indian Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001201 fall within Indian Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001201?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017001201 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017001201 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017001201 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Jersey City at 8/10. 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 34017001201 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. 99% 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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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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