Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hoboken
Tract 34017019000 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 4,832 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 34017019000 in the Downtown area of Hoboken, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,832 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 46.5% across Hudson County.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units2,296
Renter share82.8%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$112,907
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hoboken and the region
Centroid at 40.7426, -74.0388 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,995 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 71%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
- 95%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)
- 1,575Total filings over 4 yrs
- 22.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.4%Peak (2018)
- 435Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. At $1,995 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Hoboken commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,575 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2018 at 24.4% of renter households.
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. In a typical year about 22.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34017019000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017019000?
Census tract 34017019000 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 34017019000?
Median gross rent is $1,995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34017019000?
14.1% of residents in tract 34017019000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34017019000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 55th, minority 71th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 34017019000 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017019000 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017019000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,575 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017019000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.61% of renter households, peaking at 24.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34017019000 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34017019000 compare to Hoboken overall?
Tract 34017019000 scores 7.5/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 34017019000 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. 95% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Hoboken
Top eight tracts in Hoboken ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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8
/ 10 · High
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7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Uptown
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Uptown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
The Shades
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Uptown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Uptown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
Uptown
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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