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Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Elizabeth Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34039030703 · Union County, NJ · pop 5,077

Tract 34039030703 sits in Elizabeth eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. Population here is 5,077. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 48% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,840
Renter share83.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$70,825

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#24 of 31 tracts In Elizabeth
Low
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 120 tracts In Union County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#338 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#6,330 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elizabeth and the region

Centroid at 40.6532, -74.2201 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elizabeth scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elizabeth
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,426 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elizabeth
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elizabeth
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elizabeth
7.0

How Elizabeth compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Elizabeth risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.3This tracttract 0307037.7Elizabethparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elizabeth

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Adults with no health insurance runs 29.8% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

Against the Union County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 26.8% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Union Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,426, close to the Elizabeth 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 34039030703

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039030703?

Census tract 34039030703 in Elizabeth scores 8.3/10 (High 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 34039030703?

Median gross rent is $1,426/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34039030703?

7.8% of residents in tract 34039030703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,077.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34039030703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 90th, minority 89th, housing 67th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 34039030703 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 34039030703 compare to Elizabeth overall?

Tract 34039030703 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Elizabeth at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elizabeth eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 34039030703 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 Elizabeth

Top eight tracts in Elizabeth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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