Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
West New Brighton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bayonne
Tract 34017011400 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,041 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 6.5/10, tract 34017011400 in West New Brighton in Bayonne ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,041 residents. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,462 monthly, set against $88,262 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,469
Renter share50.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$88,262
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bayonne and the region
Centroid at 40.6493, -74.1248 · click any tract to drill in
Why West New Brighton scores 6.4
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,462 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 West New Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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
- 11%Grade C
- 56%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)
- 386Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.7%Peak (2014)
- 89Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West New Brighton
What moves this score most is 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 56% 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 34017011400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017011400?
Census tract 34017011400 in the West New Brighton neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 34017011400?
Median gross rent is $1,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017011400?
7.4% of residents in tract 34017011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,041.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017011400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 90th, minority 67th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 34017011400 considered part of West New Brighton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017011400 fall within West New Brighton (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017011400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017011400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.78% of renter households, peaking at 19.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017011400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017011400 compare to Bayonne overall?
Tract 34017011400 scores 6.4/10, 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 34017011400 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. 56% 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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/ 10 · High
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