Census Tract · Ranked #46,255 of 84,120 nationally

Pine Brook Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34027040803 · Morris County, NJ · pop 7,597 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Pine Brook

How risky is Pine Brook for landlords? Census tract 34027040803 scores 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #39,692 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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. The typical renter pays about $2,379 a month while the average household earns $159,722 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 21% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units2,744

Renter share26.9%

SVI overall0.11

Poverty rate5.8%

Median income$159,722

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pine Brook and the region

Centroid at 40.8691, -74.3497 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pine Brook scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pine Brook

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

5.8% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$2,379 rent vs county FMR

6.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pine Brook

3.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pine Brook

6.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pine Brook

3.3

How Pine Brook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

5%Socioeconomic
28%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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
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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

9Total filings over 2 yrs
0.57%Avg annual filing rate
0.6%Peak (2018)
5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

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.

6.2%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
6.8%Food insecurity
3.3%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
17.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pine Brook

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. 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 Pine Brook, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Morris County average of 5.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 9 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 0.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.6% of renter households in 2018.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027040803

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027040803?

Census tract 34027040803 in Pine Brook scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027040803?

Median gross rent is $2,379/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027040803?

5.8% of residents in tract 34027040803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,597.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027040803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 28th, minority 55th, housing 17th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027040803?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027040803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.57% of renter households, peaking at 0.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027040803 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027040803 compare to Pine Brook overall?

Tract 34027040803 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Pine Brook at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pine Brook; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34027040803 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.