Census Tract · Ranked #19,868 of 84,120 nationally

Lake Hiawatha Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027041701 · Morris County, NJ · pop 6,748

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34027041701 (Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,428 monthly, set against $101,173 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 41% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units3,017

Renter share53.2%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate1.9%

Median income$101,173

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lake Hiawatha and the region

Centroid at 40.8832, -74.3879 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake Hiawatha scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lake Hiawatha

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

1.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,428 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lake Hiawatha

2.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lake Hiawatha

8.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lake Hiawatha

2.2

How Lake Hiawatha compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

34%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

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)

133Total filings over 2 yrs
5.86%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak (2018)
77Filings 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.

7.7%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
5.0%Transit barriers
7.6%No health insurance
12.1%Frequent mental distress
17.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake Hiawatha

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Lake Hiawatha, 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.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 133 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.8% 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 34027041701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041701?

Census tract 34027041701 in Lake Hiawatha scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027041701?

Median gross rent is $1,428/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041701?

1.9% of residents in tract 34027041701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,748.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 81th, minority 68th, housing 42th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041701?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.86% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027041701 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027041701 compare to Lake Hiawatha overall?

Tract 34027041701 scores 6.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Lake Hiawatha at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Hiawatha; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lake Hiawatha

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