Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34039034500 · Union County, NJ · pop 4,683
Eviction risk in Linden eviction risk centers on tract 34039034500, which scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,683 residents. On the national scale it ranks #2,283 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,534 monthly, set against $73,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,634
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$73,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6486, -74.2375 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Linden
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,534 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Linden
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Linden
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Linden
5.7
How Linden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 0%Grade B
- 65%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 243Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2013)
- 59Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% 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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.5%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 22.2%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Linden eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Union County average of 6.6 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 243 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.7% of renter households in 2013.
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 34039034500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039034500?
Census tract 34039034500 in Linden scores 6.1/10 (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 34039034500?
Median gross rent is $1,534/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039034500?
22.0% of residents in tract 34039034500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,683.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039034500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 69th, minority 81th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039034500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039034500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.95% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039034500 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039034500 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039034500 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Linden at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Linden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34039034500 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. 16% 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 Linden
Top eight tracts in Linden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
34039035100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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34039034700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035000
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035400
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034900
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035300
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034600
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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