Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
South Netcong Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ledgewood
Tract 34027045504 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,771 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 34027045504 covers part of the South Netcong area of Ledgewood, NJ, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,771. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,749
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$130,403
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ledgewood and the region
Centroid at 40.8755, -74.6783 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Netcong scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ledgewood
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,358 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ledgewood
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ledgewood
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ledgewood
5.9
How South Netcong compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Netcong. 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 3.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 18.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Netcong
Cost burden runs 86% here against 40.8% across Morris County. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,358, 38% below the Ledgewood average.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. SNAP participation runs 3.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 6.2% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $130,403, annual rent is just 12%.
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 34027045504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027045504?
Census tract 34027045504 in the South Netcong neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 34027045504?
Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027045504?
1.8% of residents in tract 34027045504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027045504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 9th, minority 43th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 34027045504 considered part of South Netcong?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34027045504 fall within South Netcong (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027045504 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027045504 compare to Ledgewood overall?
Tract 34027045504 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Ledgewood at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ledgewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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