Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Hilltop Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City
Tract 34017001400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,976 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 7.1/10, tract 34017001400 in the Hilltop neighborhood of Jersey City ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,976 residents. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,786 a month while the average household earns $83,458 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,737
Renter share82.7%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$83,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7345, -74.0521 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hilltop scores 6.7
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,786 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 84%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)
- 434Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2014)
- 87Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hilltop
What moves this score most 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 434 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 9.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.5% of renter households in 2014.
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 34017001400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001400?
Census tract 34017001400 in the Hilltop neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 34017001400?
Median gross rent is $1,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001400?
11.3% of residents in tract 34017001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 22th, minority 81th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 34017001400 considered part of Hilltop?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001400 fall within Hilltop (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 434 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.54% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017001400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017001400 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017001400 scores 6.7/10, 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 34017001400 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. 84% 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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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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