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Census Tract · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 34017014502 Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017014502 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,713

The Elevated-tier score of 7.1/10 for census tract 34017014502 reflects conditions in Hudson, New Jersey. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $599 monthly, set against $27,169 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 93% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 37% Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units2,092
Renter share92.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate33.2%
Median income$27,169

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#798 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hudson County and the region

Centroid at 40.7945, -74.0231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 34017014502 scores 8.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$599 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Tract 34017014502 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 34017014502 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 014502County: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

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.

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)

  • 134Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2014)
  • 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170145022014: 55 filings (3.40/100 renter HHs)2016: 36 filings (2.28/100 renter HHs)2017: 23 filings (1.46/100 renter HHs)2018: 20 filings (1.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 64% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 34017014502

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by New Jersey eviction laws law, 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 46% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34017014502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017014502?

Census tract 34017014502 in Hudson County scores 8.7/10 (High 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 34017014502?

Median gross rent is $599/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017014502?

33.2% of residents in tract 34017014502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,713.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017014502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 97th, minority 88th, housing 67th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017014502?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 134 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017014502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017014502 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

Was tract 34017014502 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. 46% 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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