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Census Tract · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

West New York Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34017015900 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 6,167

34017015900 is a census tract in West New York, NJ. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,167. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 43% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share88.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$66,892

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 11 tracts In West New York
Moderate
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#166 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3,797 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West New York and the region

Centroid at 40.7843, -74.0167 · click any tract to drill in

Why West New York scores 9.1

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
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,705 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.
West New York risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.1This tracttract 0159008.1West New Yorkparent city7.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 588Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 8.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2014)
  • 85Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34017015900
Filings dropped 54% 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 West New York

This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.3% against 11.3% nationally. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10.

Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 588 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 46.5% across Hudson County. Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.3% 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 8.7% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34017015900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017015900?

Census tract 34017015900 in West New York scores 9.1/10 (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 34017015900?

Median gross rent is $1,705/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017015900?

18.0% of residents in tract 34017015900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,167.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017015900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 73th, minority 90th, housing 77th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017015900?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 588 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017015900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017015900 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.2% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017015900 compare to West New York overall?

Tract 34017015900 scores 9.1/10, higher 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.
Q8

Was tract 34017015900 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. 8% 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

Highest-risk tracts in West New York

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

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