Census Tract · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Jersey City Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017006102 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,152

Tract 34017006102 sits in Jersey City eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, 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 20% Stable renters 20% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,011

Renter share40.7%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate11.3%

Median income$69,107

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.6912, -74.0985 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jersey City scores 8.2

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

11.3% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,610 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: 87

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

93%Socioeconomic
51%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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
67%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.

21.3%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
26.6%Food insecurity
16.9%SNAP enrollment
12.6%Transit barriers
16.4%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
29.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Jersey City

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. At $1,610 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Jersey City commands.

Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 21.3% against 14.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. It tracks the Hudson County average of 7.7 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017006102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017006102?

Census tract 34017006102 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.

What is the average rent in tract 34017006102?

Median gross rent is $1,610/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017006102?

11.3% of residents in tract 34017006102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,152.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017006102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 51th, minority 91th, housing 75th.

What share of households in tract 34017006102 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017006102 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017006102 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.

Was tract 34017006102 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.