Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
East Ferry Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harrison
Tract 34017013500 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 5,520 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34017013500 (East Ferry in Harrison, New Jersey) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,626 monthly, set against $57,708 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 85% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,932
Renter share85.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$57,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harrison and the region
Centroid at 40.7506, -74.1506 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Ferry scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harrison
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,626 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harrison
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harrison
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harrison
6.1
How East Ferry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 2%Grade C
- 76%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)
- 141Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2018)
- 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Ferry. 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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.6%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 19.4%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Ferry
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Harrison eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hudson County average of 7.0 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 141 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.8% of renter households in 2018.
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 34017013500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017013500?
Census tract 34017013500 in the East Ferry neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34017013500?
Median gross rent is $1,626/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017013500?
15.7% of residents in tract 34017013500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,520.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017013500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 71th, minority 86th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 34017013500 considered part of East Ferry?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017013500 fall within East Ferry (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017013500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017013500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.61% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017013500 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017013500 compare to Harrison overall?
Tract 34017013500 scores 7.2/10, lower than the parent city of Harrison at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harrison eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34017013500 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. 76% 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 Harrison
Top eight tracts in Harrison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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