Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Kean University Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039032500 · Union County, NJ · pop 6,210 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Kean University
The Elevated-tier score of 6.5/10 for census tract 34039032500 reflects conditions in Kean University, New Jersey. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,887 a month while the average household earns $100,759 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,906
Renter share10.3%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$100,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kean University and the region
Centroid at 40.6871, -74.2218 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kean University scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kean University
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,887 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kean University
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kean University
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kean University
4.9
How Kean University compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 35%Grade A
- 28%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 111Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2013)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% 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.
- 16.6%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 14.1%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kean University
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.2/10. 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 inherited from Kean University, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Union County average of 6.6 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34039032500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039032500?
Census tract 34039032500 in Kean University scores 4.2/10 (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 34039032500?
Median gross rent is $1,887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039032500?
5.8% of residents in tract 34039032500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,210.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039032500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 64th, minority 77th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039032500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 111 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039032500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.10% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039032500 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.6% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039032500 compare to Kean University overall?
Tract 34039032500 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Kean University at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kean University; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039032500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Kean University
Top eight tracts in Kean University ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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