Within county
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #1,816 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 34017014802 Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34017014802 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 1,097
For landlords sizing up Hudson in Hudson County, census tract 34017014802 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 83% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 74% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,131 a month against an average household income of $36,742 a year, roughly 70% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units404
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate31.9%
Median income$36,742
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hudson County and the region
Centroid at 40.7751, -74.0505 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 34017014802 scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
31.9% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$2,131 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 34017014802 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 0%Grade C
- 9%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.
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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.0%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 24.4%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 34017014802
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% 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 34017014802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017014802?
Census tract 34017014802 in Hudson County scores 8.1/10 (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 34017014802?
Median gross rent is $2,131/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017014802?
31.9% of residents in tract 34017014802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,097.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017014802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 32th, minority 87th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34017014802 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 34017014802 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. 9% 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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