Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Rolling Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chatham
Tract 34027042800 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,872 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 4/10, tract 34027042800 in the Rolling Hill area of Chatham, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,872. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,444
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chatham and the region
Centroid at 40.7295, -74.3900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rolling Hill scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chatham
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,381 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chatham
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chatham
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chatham
2.6
How Rolling Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 1%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
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)
- 5Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2017)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rolling Hill. 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.
- 4.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.5%Food insecurity
- 2.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 11.6%Frequent mental distress
- 15.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rolling Hill
50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Morris County average of 40.8%. It sits 1.5 points below the Morris County average of 5.5.
SNAP participation runs 2.2% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2.6/10.
Housing insecurity runs 4.7% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 5 filings here across 2 tracked years. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027042800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027042800?
Census tract 34027042800 in the Rolling Hill neighborhood scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34027042800?
Median gross rent is $2,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027042800?
2.2% of residents in tract 34027042800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,872.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027042800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 15th, minority 28th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 34027042800 considered part of Rolling Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34027042800 fall within Rolling Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027042800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027042800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.80% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34027042800 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.7% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34027042800 compare to Chatham overall?
Tract 34027042800 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Chatham at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chatham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34027042800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chatham
Top eight tracts in Chatham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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