Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,153 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Square Eviction Risk: High , Jersey City
Tract 34017001800 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,245 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 8.6/10, tract 34017001800 in the Indian Square area of Jersey City, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,245. This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 54%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,673
Renter share83.1%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$69,196
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7344, -74.0700 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Square scores 8.6
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 75%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 701Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2018)
- 211Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.8%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Square
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hudson County average of 46.5%.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,494, 26% below the Jersey City average. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 701 filings here across 4 tracked years. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 14.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 12.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017001800?
Census tract 34017001800 in the Indian Square neighborhood scores 8.6/10 (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 34017001800?
Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017001800?
15.6% of residents in tract 34017001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,245.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 54th, minority 84th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 34017001800 considered part of Indian Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017001800 fall within Indian Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017001800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 701 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.48% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017001800 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017001800 scores 8.6/10, higher than 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 34017001800 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. 19% 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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