Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Knolls Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34027042200 ·
Morris County, NJ · pop 5,774 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Knolls
34027042200 is a census tract in Cedar Knolls, NJ. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 15%Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,187
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$165,904
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Cedar Knolls
Moderate
Within county
67th percentile
#37 of 110 tracts In Morris County
Elevated
Within state
53th percentile
#1,034 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
76th percentile
#20,506 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Knolls and the region
Centroid at 40.8219, -74.4543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Knolls scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cedar Knolls
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,802 rent vs county FMR
8.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Knolls
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Knolls
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Knolls
4.5
How Cedar Knolls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
20%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
21%Housing & transportation
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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.1%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
20.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedar Knolls
The voucher gap is 30.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Morris County at 40.8%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 36 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2018 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Morris County average of 5.5 closely. Average gross rent is $2,802, close to the Cedar Knolls average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027042200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027042200?
Census tract 34027042200 in Cedar Knolls scores 5.8/10 (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 34027042200?
Median gross rent is $2,802/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027042200?
2.1% of residents in tract 34027042200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,774.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027042200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 41th, minority 48th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027042200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027042200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.30% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027042200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027042200 compare to Cedar Knolls overall?
Tract 34027042200 scores 5.8/10, lower than the parent city of Cedar Knolls at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Knolls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.