Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally
Hilltop Eviction Risk: High , Jersey City
Tract 34017001202 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 1,680 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 34017001202 covers the Hilltop neighborhood of Jersey City, home to 1,680 residents. For landlords it grades 7.6/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,337 monthly, set against $44,167 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 84% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units642
Renter share84.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$44,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7322, -74.0555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hilltop 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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,337 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hilltop compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 3%Grade C
- 72%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)
- 386Total filings over 4 yrs
- 21.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.9%Peak (2017)
- 106Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 66% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hilltop. 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.
- 24.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.4%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 16.5%Transit barriers
- 19.1%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hilltop
The score leans hardest on 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 above 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 24.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 386 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 21.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.9% of renter households in 2017.
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 34017001202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001202?
Census tract 34017001202 in the Hilltop 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 34017001202?
Median gross rent is $1,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001202?
24.0% of residents in tract 34017001202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 86th, minority 86th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 34017001202 considered part of Hilltop?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001202 fall within Hilltop (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.67% of renter households, peaking at 25.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017001202 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.2% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017001202 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017001202 scores 8.2/10, right in line with 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 34017001202 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. 72% 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 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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