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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Uptown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hoboken

Tract 34017018401 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 3,091 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 34017018401 covers part of the Uptown area of Hoboken, NJ, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,091 residents. Against Hudson County at 46.5%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 47% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,518
Renter share71.8%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$171,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Uptown
High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Hoboken
High
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#118 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Low
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#625 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoboken and the region

Centroid at 40.7511, -74.0299 · click any tract to drill in

Why Uptown scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hoboken
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$2,935 rent vs county FMR
7.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoboken
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoboken
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoboken
7.5

How Uptown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Uptown risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0184018.2Hobokenparent city7.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

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.

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

Within Uptown. 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 Uptown

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The voucher gap is 27.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 7.8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. 8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Hudson County average of 7.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34017018401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017018401?

Census tract 34017018401 in the Uptown neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 34017018401?

Median gross rent is $2,935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017018401?

15.2% of residents in tract 34017018401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,091.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017018401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 3th, minority 46th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 34017018401 considered part of Uptown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017018401 fall within Uptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34017018401 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34017018401 compare to Hoboken overall?

Tract 34017018401 scores 7.1/10, lower than the parent city of Hoboken at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoboken eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34017018401 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. 76% 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 Hoboken

Top eight tracts in Hoboken ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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