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Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hoboken

Tract 34017019300 · Hudson County, NJ · pop 2,812 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

For landlords sizing up the Downtown neighborhood of Hoboken, census tract 34017019300 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,755 a month against an average household income of $175,823 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 61% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,673
Renter share79.3%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$175,823

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Downtown
High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 16 tracts In Hoboken
High
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 183 tracts In Hudson County
Very Low
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#741 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoboken and the region

Centroid at 40.7371, -74.0319 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 4.9

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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$2,755 rent vs county FMR
7.0
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.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 019300Hoboken: 8.18.1Hobokenparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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.

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)

  • 132Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2017)
  • 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2014 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340170193002014: 33 filings (2.68/100 renter HHs)2016: 33 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2017: 43 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2018: 23 filings (1.91/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 30% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Hoboken eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hudson County average of 7.0 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 34017019300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34017019300?

Census tract 34017019300 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 34017019300?

Median gross rent is $2,755/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34017019300?

15.6% of residents in tract 34017019300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,812.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34017019300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 16th, minority 53th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 34017019300 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34017019300 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34017019300?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34017019300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34017019300 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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.
Q8

How does tract 34017019300 compare to Hoboken overall?

Tract 34017019300 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Hoboken at 8.1/10. 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 34017019300 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. 71% 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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