Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Jersey City
Tract 34017007800 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,654 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
How risky is the Hamilton Park area of Jersey City for landlords? Census tract 34017007800 scores 7.1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #3,750 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,456 monthly, set against $130,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 76%
Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units2,010
Renter share99.7%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$130,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jersey City and the region
Centroid at 40.7319, -74.0441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Park scores 6.5
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
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$3,456 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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
- 44%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)
- 342Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2016)
- 91Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Park
What moves this score most is 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 Jersey City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 342 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 9.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.6% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34017007800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017007800?
Census tract 34017007800 in the Hamilton Park neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 34017007800?
Median gross rent is $3,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017007800?
19.5% of residents in tract 34017007800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,654.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017007800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 15th, minority 75th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 34017007800 considered part of Hamilton Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017007800 fall within Hamilton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017007800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 342 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017007800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017007800 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017007800 compare to Jersey City overall?
Tract 34017007800 scores 6.5/10, 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 34017007800 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. 44% 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.
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