Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039034900 · Union County, NJ · pop 5,992
Tract 34039034900 covers Linden in New Jersey. Home to 5,992 residents, it scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,549 a month against an average household income of $81,549 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,425
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$81,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6323, -74.2718 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 4.6
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
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,549 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: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 4%Grade A
- 44%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 333Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2013)
- 70Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% 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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
The score leans hardest on 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34039034900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039034900?
Census tract 34039034900 in Linden scores 4.6/10 (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 34039034900?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039034900?
3.6% of residents in tract 34039034900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,992.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039034900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 57th, minority 61th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039034900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 333 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039034900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.62% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039034900 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039034900 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039034900 scores 4.6/10, 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 34039034900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Linden
Top eight tracts in Linden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34039034500
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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34039035100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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34039034700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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34039035000
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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34039035200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035400
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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34039035300
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034600
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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