Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hoboken

Tract 34017007703 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,121 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Downtown neighborhood of Hoboken anchors census tract 34017007703, which lands at 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $190,313 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 48% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,302
Renter share75.3%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$190,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Downtown
Very High
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 77 tracts In Hoboken
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Low
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#506 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoboken and the region

Centroid at 40.7319, -74.0314 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hoboken
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoboken
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoboken
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoboken
8.0

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 007703Hoboken: 8.18.1Hobokenparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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 Downtown

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hoboken 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 5% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34017007703

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017007703?

Census tract 34017007703 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 34017007703?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017007703?

16.4% of residents in tract 34017007703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,121.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017007703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 1th, minority 82th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 34017007703 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017007703 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017007703 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017007703 compare to Hoboken overall?

Tract 34017007703 scores 6.2/10, lower than the parent city of Hoboken at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoboken eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34017007703 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. 5% 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 Hoboken

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

Related