Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 34027044502 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34027044502 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,270
For landlords sizing up Morris, census tract 34027044502 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #14,725 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,287 a month while the average household earns $146,396 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,395
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$146,396
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morris County and the region
Centroid at 40.8938, -74.5353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 34027044502 scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,287 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 34027044502 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 64Total filings over 2 yrs
- 9.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2018)
- 33Filings 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 34027044502
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Morris County average of 5.8 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34027044502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027044502?
Census tract 34027044502 in Morris County scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 34027044502?
Median gross rent is $2,287/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027044502?
8.2% of residents in tract 34027044502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,270.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027044502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 22th, minority 55th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027044502?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027044502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.07% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027044502 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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