Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
The Heights Eviction Risk: High , Jersey City
Tract 34017006900 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 37 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 8.3/10, tract 34017006900 in the The Heights area of Jersey City, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 37 residents. 100% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units38
Renter share42.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate88.3%
Median income$2,499
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7527, -74.0683 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Heights scores 8.3
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
88.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 The Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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
- 3%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)
- 16Total filings over 3 yrs
- 53.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 81.8%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 89% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Heights. 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.
- 32.3%Housing insecurity
- 25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.2%Food insecurity
- 43.3%SNAP enrollment
- 23.0%Transit barriers
- 27.7%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 42.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Heights
Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 100% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Food insecurity runs 47.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 88%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.7% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 16 filings here across 3 tracked years.
It sits 0.6 points above the Hudson County average of 7.7. Filings peaked in 2014 at 81.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 53.2% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017006900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017006900?
Census tract 34017006900 in the The Heights neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34017006900?
88.3% of residents in tract 34017006900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 37.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017006900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 3th, minority 67th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 34017006900 considered part of The Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017006900 fall within The Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017006900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34017006900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 53.20% of renter households, peaking at 81.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017006900 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.3% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017006900 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017006900 scores 8.3/10, higher 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.
Q8
Was tract 34017006900 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. 3% 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.
Tract · NJ
McGinley Square
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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34017005801
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
The Heights
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
McGinley Square
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
McGinley Square
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34017006000
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
McGinley Square
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34017006200
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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