Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Kearny Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34017013200 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,155
Census tract 34017013200 covers part of Kearny, NJ, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,155. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,695
Renter share67.1%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$71,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kearny and the region
Centroid at 40.7578, -74.1549 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kearny scores 7.8
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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,561 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: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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
- 74%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 234Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2016)
- 54Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.9%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 21.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kearny
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 234 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,561, 9% below the Kearny average. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.7% of renter households were served.
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 6.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017013200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017013200?
Census tract 34017013200 in Kearny scores 7.8/10 (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 34017013200?
Median gross rent is $1,561/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017013200?
17.5% of residents in tract 34017013200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,155.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017013200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 65th, minority 82th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017013200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 234 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017013200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.47% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017013200 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017013200 compare to Kearny overall?
Tract 34017013200 scores 7.8/10, 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 34017013200 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. 26% 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 Kearny
Top eight tracts in Kearny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.7
/ 10 · High
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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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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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