Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Lincoln Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , West New York
Tract 34017015801 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,263 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 34017015801 sits in the Lincoln Square area of West New York eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 3,263. 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 29%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,804
Renter share75.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$170,015
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across West New York and the region
Centroid at 40.7821, -74.0051 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lincoln Square scores 6.7
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$3,240 rent vs county FMR
9.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 14%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 125Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2016)
- 36Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 64% 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 13.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Square
Average gross rent is $3,240, 89% above the West New York average. The voucher gap is 40.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 9.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 13.2% against 31.5% nationally.
This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 3.0% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
It sits 1.0 points below the Hudson County average of 7.7. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 125 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.1% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017015801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015801?
Census tract 34017015801 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 34017015801?
Median gross rent is $3,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015801?
10.0% of residents in tract 34017015801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,263.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 4th, minority 72th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 34017015801 considered part of Lincoln Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017015801 fall within Lincoln Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015801?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017015801 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017015801 compare to West New York overall?
Tract 34017015801 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 34017015801 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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