Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
Richmond Terrace Houses Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bayonne
Tract 34017010400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 5,011 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Eviction risk in the Richmond Terrace Houses neighborhood of Bayonne centers on tract 34017010400, which scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 5,011 residents. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,228 a month against an average household income of $111,411 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,075
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$111,411
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bayonne and the region
Centroid at 40.6673, -74.0822 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richmond Terrace Houses scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bayonne
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$2,228 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bayonne
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bayonne
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bayonne
6.3
How Richmond Terrace Houses compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 17%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 437Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2014)
- 99Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Richmond Terrace Houses. 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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richmond Terrace Houses
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Bayonne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hudson County average of 7.0 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 437 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 9.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.7% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 34017010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017010400?
Census tract 34017010400 in the Richmond Terrace Houses 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 34017010400?
Median gross rent is $2,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017010400?
16.8% of residents in tract 34017010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,011.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 38th, minority 71th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 34017010400 considered part of Richmond Terrace Houses?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017010400 fall within Richmond Terrace Houses (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017010400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 437 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017010400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.94% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017010400 compare to Bayonne overall?
Tract 34017010400 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Bayonne at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bayonne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34017010400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Bayonne
Top eight tracts in Bayonne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34017010900
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017010601
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Port Richmond
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017011300
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34017010701
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34017010702
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34017011100
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34017011000
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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