Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039035200 · Union County, NJ · pop 2,979
Eviction risk in Linden eviction risk centers on tract 34039035200, which scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,979 residents. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,721 a month while the average household earns $97,377 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units871
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$97,377
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Linden and the region
Centroid at 40.6436, -74.2261 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden scores 4.7
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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,721 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 37%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)
- 126Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2016)
- 27Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 19.1%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 61st 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 37% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 34039035200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035200?
Census tract 34039035200 in Linden scores 4.7/10 (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 34039035200?
Median gross rent is $1,721/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035200?
8.7% of residents in tract 34039035200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,979.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 56th, minority 80th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.58% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035200 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035200 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035200 scores 4.7/10, 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 34039035200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 37% 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
34039034500
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039035100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035000
4.9
/ 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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