Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Jersey City Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34017006400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,114 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
34017006400 is a census tract in the Downtown Jersey City area of Jersey City, NJ. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Against Hudson County at 46.5%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,754
Renter share75.9%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$146,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7181, -74.0455 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown Jersey City scores 6.6
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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,466 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 Downtown Jersey City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 208Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2014)
- 40Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown Jersey City. 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 3.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 15.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Jersey City
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. 76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Average gross rent is $2,466, 23% above the Jersey City average. SNAP participation runs 3.5% against 15.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points below the Hudson County average of 7.7. Court records carry 208 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.3% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017006400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017006400?
Census tract 34017006400 in the Downtown Jersey City neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34017006400?
Median gross rent is $2,466/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017006400?
6.6% of residents in tract 34017006400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,114.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017006400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 2th, minority 66th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 34017006400 considered part of Downtown Jersey City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017006400 fall within Downtown Jersey City (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017006400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 208 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017006400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.89% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017006400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017006400 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017006400 scores 6.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 34017006400 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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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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34017006200
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
McGinley Square
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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