Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Kearny Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34017013000 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,851
Census tract 34017013000 covers part of Kearny, NJ, and scores 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,851 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$75,805
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kearny and the region
Centroid at 40.7587, -74.1516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kearny scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kearny
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,564 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kearny
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kearny
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kearny
6.4
How Kearny 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.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 13%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 18%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)
- 191Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2014)
- 42Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 19.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kearny
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 21.7% against 11.3% nationally. Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 191 filings here across 4 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,564, 9% below the Kearny average.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 7.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017013000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017013000?
Census tract 34017013000 in Kearny scores 7.7/10 (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 34017013000?
Median gross rent is $1,564/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017013000?
18.4% of residents in tract 34017013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017013000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 36th, minority 87th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017013000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 191 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017013000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.99% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017013000 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.3% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017013000 compare to Kearny overall?
Tract 34017013000 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Kearny at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kearny eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34017013000 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. 18% 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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7.6
/ 10 · High
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7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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