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Hamilton Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Jersey City

Tract 34017002300 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,541 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 34017002300, home to 2,541 residents in the Hamilton Park neighborhood of Jersey City, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.

About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,239 a month against an average household income of $129,417 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 45% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,322
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$129,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Hamilton Park
Low
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#69 of 77 tracts In Jersey City
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very Low
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#633 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7236, -74.0477 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamilton Park scores 5.4

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
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,239 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Hamilton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hamilton Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 002300Jersey City: 8.38.3Jersey Cityparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

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.

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)

  • 106Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 3.81%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.3%Peak (2014)
  • 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170023002014: 34 filings (4.33/100 renter HHs)2016: 32 filings (4.86/100 renter HHs)2017: 20 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)2018: 20 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 41% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hamilton Park. 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 Hamilton Park

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 below the Hudson County average of 7.0 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34017002300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017002300?

Census tract 34017002300 in the Hamilton Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 34017002300?

Median gross rent is $2,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017002300?

2.3% of residents in tract 34017002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,541.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017002300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 3th, minority 72th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 34017002300 considered part of Hamilton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017002300 fall within Hamilton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017002300?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.81% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017002300 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017002300 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017002300 scores 5.4/10, 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 34017002300 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. 100% 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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