Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Wharton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027045100 · Morris County, NJ · pop 7,217
Tract 34027045100 sits in Wharton, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10. It sits 2.4 points above the Morris County average of 5.5.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,923
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$92,548
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wharton and the region
Centroid at 40.8971, -74.5745 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wharton scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wharton
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,886 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wharton
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wharton
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wharton
7.1
How Wharton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 153Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2018)
- 89Filings 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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wharton
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Cost burden runs 48% here against 40.8% across Morris County.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 153 evictions over 2 years of observation. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10.
At $1,886 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Wharton commands. The worst year on record was 2018, when 7.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027045100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027045100?
Census tract 34027045100 in Wharton scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34027045100?
Median gross rent is $1,886/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027045100?
18.8% of residents in tract 34027045100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,217.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027045100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 47th, minority 73th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027045100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 153 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027045100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027045100 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027045100 compare to Wharton overall?
Tract 34027045100 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Wharton at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wharton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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