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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally

Hamilton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City

Tract 34017006500 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,308 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 34017006500 covers the Hamilton Park area of Jersey City, home to 2,308 residents. For landlords it grades 7.5/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,198 a month while the average household earns $124,950 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 27% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,195
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$124,950

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Hamilton Park
High
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#46 of 77 tracts In Jersey City
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Moderate
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#437 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jersey City and the region

Centroid at 40.7205, -74.0525 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamilton Park scores 6.7

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
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hamilton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hamilton Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 006500Jersey City: 8.38.3Jersey Cityparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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)

  • 248Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 9.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.8%Peak (2016)
  • 68Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170065002014: 35 filings (4.92/100 renter HHs)2016: 79 filings (11.81/100 renter HHs)2017: 66 filings (9.87/100 renter HHs)2018: 68 filings (10.16/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 94% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hamilton Park. 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 Hamilton Park

The heaviest input here is 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 95% 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.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 34017006500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017006500?

Census tract 34017006500 in the Hamilton Park neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 34017006500?

Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017006500?

21.0% of residents in tract 34017006500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,308.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017006500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 13th, minority 73th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 34017006500 considered part of Hamilton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017006500 fall within Hamilton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017006500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 248 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017006500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.19% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017006500 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017006500 compare to Jersey City overall?

Tract 34017006500 scores 6.7/10, lower 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 34017006500 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. 95% 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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