Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #5,153 of 84,120 nationally
Elizabeth Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34039031602 · Union County, NJ · pop 5,614
Tract 34039031602 sits in Elizabeth eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.6/10. It is home to 5,614 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,947
Renter share77.1%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$67,673
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elizabeth and the region
Centroid at 40.6859, -74.2091 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elizabeth scores 8.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,490 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 8%Grade B
- 61%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)
- 1,472Total filings over 4 yrs
- 22.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.6%Peak (2013)
- 390Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.7%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 23.2%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elizabeth
77% 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. Against the Union County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.2% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Against Union County at 44.6%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 1,472 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 25.6% of renter households were served. 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. In a typical year about 22.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #5,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34039031602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039031602?
Census tract 34039031602 in Elizabeth scores 8.6/10 (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 34039031602?
Median gross rent is $1,490/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039031602?
9.3% of residents in tract 34039031602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,614.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039031602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 71th, minority 87th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039031602?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,472 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039031602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.60% of renter households, peaking at 25.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039031602 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039031602 compare to Elizabeth overall?
Tract 34039031602 scores 8.6/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 34039031602 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.
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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