Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #550 of 84,120 nationally
West New York Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34017015500 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,745
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 34017015500 in West New York ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,745 residents. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,375 a month against an average household income of $48,478 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,823
Renter share73.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$48,478
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across West New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7903, -74.0190 · click any tract to drill in
Why West New York scores 8.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
27.8% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 West New York compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
- 100%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)
- 299Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2014)
- 55Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.9%Food insecurity
- 20.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 31.1%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West New York
The heaviest input here 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 West New York eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 299 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 5.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.5% of renter households in 2014.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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.
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 34017015500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015500?
Census tract 34017015500 in West New York scores 8.9/10 (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 34017015500?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015500?
27.8% of residents in tract 34017015500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,745.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 84th, minority 87th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 299 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.70% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34017015500 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34017015500 compare to West New York overall?
Tract 34017015500 scores 8.9/10, higher than the parent city of West New York at 8.2/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 34017015500 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. 100% 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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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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