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Neighborhood · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally

McGinley Square Eviction Risk: High , Jersey City

Tract 34017002700 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 5,879 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

In the McGinley Square area of Jersey City, census tract 34017002700 scores 7.9/10 for eviction risk. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,551 monthly, set against $51,163 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 31% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate31.5%
Median income$51,163

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 22 tracts In McGinley Square
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 77 tracts In Jersey City
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7314, -74.0786 · click any tract to drill in

Why McGinley Square scores 8.8

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
31.5% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,551 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 McGinley Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
McGinley Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 002700Jersey City: 8.38.3Jersey Cityparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 693Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 14.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.3%Peak (2014)
  • 163Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170027002014: 191 filings (16.31/100 renter HHs)2016: 164 filings (13.97/100 renter HHs)2017: 175 filings (14.91/100 renter HHs)2018: 163 filings (13.88/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within McGinley 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in McGinley Square

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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 17% 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 24.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.9% 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 34017002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017002700?

Census tract 34017002700 in the McGinley Square neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 34017002700?

Median gross rent is $1,551/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017002700?

31.5% of residents in tract 34017002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,879.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 84th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 34017002700 considered part of McGinley Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017002700 fall within McGinley Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017002700?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 693 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.77% of renter households, peaking at 16.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017002700 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.3% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017002700 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017002700 scores 8.8/10, higher 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 34017002700 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. 17% 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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