Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Jersey City Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34017005901 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,318

Census tract 34017005901 covers part of Jersey City, NJ, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,318 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 19% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units1,175

Renter share47.7%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate12.3%

Median income$108,717

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7016, -74.0982 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jersey City scores 7.3

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

12.3% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,601 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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: 64

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

44%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
84%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.

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.

13.8%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
19.5%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
26.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Jersey City

Cost burden runs 61% here against 46.5% across Hudson County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Average gross rent is $1,601, 20% below the Jersey City average. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Against average income of $108,717, annual rent is just 18%.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Hudson County average of 7.7 closely.

48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017005901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017005901?

Census tract 34017005901 in Jersey City scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34017005901?

Median gross rent is $1,601/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017005901?

12.3% of residents in tract 34017005901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,318.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017005901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 32th, minority 92th, housing 85th.

What share of households in tract 34017005901 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017005901 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017005901 scores 7.3/10, lower 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.

Was tract 34017005901 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Jersey City

Top eight tracts in Jersey City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.