Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Jersey City Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34017005600 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,627
34017005600 is a census tract in Jersey City, NJ. It scores 8.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,627. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,432
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$95,256
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7060, -74.0914 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jersey City 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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,702 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Jersey City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 477Total filings over 4 yrs
- 14.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.1%Peak (2016)
- 105Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jersey City
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.5% across Hudson County.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 477 eviction filings across 4 observed years. At $1,702 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Jersey City commands. Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 16.1% of renter households. 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 14.1% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017005600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017005600?
Census tract 34017005600 in Jersey City 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 34017005600?
Median gross rent is $1,702/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017005600?
18.4% of residents in tract 34017005600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,627.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017005600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 79th, minority 93th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017005600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 477 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017005600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.07% of renter households, peaking at 16.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017005600 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017005600 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017005600 scores 8.2/10, right in line with 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.
Q8
Was tract 34017005600 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. 0% 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 · Very High
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