Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Bayonne Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34017010602 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 5,203

Census tract 34017010602 covers part of Bayonne, NJ, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,203. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.

Risk score

7.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 22% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,862

Renter share57.3%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate8.2%

Median income$64,706

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bayonne and the region

Centroid at 40.6701, -74.1194 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayonne scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

8.2% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,724 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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 Bayonne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

82%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
51%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
79%Grade C
21%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

14.9%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
18.4%Food insecurity
11.0%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
14.5%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bayonne

Cost burden runs 62% here against 46.5% across Hudson County. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Hudson County average of 7.7 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,724, close to the Bayonne average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $64,706. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017010602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017010602?

Census tract 34017010602 in Bayonne scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34017010602?

Median gross rent is $1,724/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017010602?

8.2% of residents in tract 34017010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,203.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017010602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 58th, minority 75th, housing 51th.

What share of households in tract 34017010602 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34017010602 compare to Bayonne overall?

Tract 34017010602 scores 7.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Bayonne at 7.2/10. 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.

Was tract 34017010602 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. 21% 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.