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Lincoln Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , West New York

Tract 34017015201 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,003 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 6.7/10, tract 34017015201 in the Lincoln Square area of West New York, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,003 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 25% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,495
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$158,693

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Lincoln Square
Very High
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 11 tracts In West New York
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very Low
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#743 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across West New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7865, -74.0000 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Square scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West New York
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,119 rent vs county FMR
8.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from West New York
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West New York
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from West New York
7.7

How Lincoln Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lincoln Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 0152018.1West New Yorkparent city7.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

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.

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)

  • 45Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 1.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2016)
  • 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34017015201
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lincoln Square. 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 Lincoln Square

Average gross rent is $3,119, 82% above the West New York average. The voucher gap is 35.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.6/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Disability prevalence runs 18.6% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Cost burden runs 42% here against 46.5% across Hudson County. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 45 filings here across 4 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.8% 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 1.8% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017015201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015201?

Census tract 34017015201 in the Lincoln Square neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 34017015201?

Median gross rent is $3,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015201?

3.4% of residents in tract 34017015201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,003.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 6th, minority 74th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 34017015201 considered part of Lincoln Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017015201 fall within Lincoln Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015201?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.80% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017015201 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34017015201 compare to West New York overall?

Tract 34017015201 scores 6.7/10, lower than the parent city of West New York at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West New York eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34017015201 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. 0% 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

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Top eight tracts in West New York ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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