Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039035400 · Union County, NJ · pop 3,191
In Linden, census tract 34039035400 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,498 monthly, set against $111,042 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units959
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$111,042
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 40.6213, -74.2251 · 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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,498 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 1%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 76Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2018)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% 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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden
What moves this score most 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 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 5% 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% 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 34039035400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039035400?
Census tract 34039035400 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 34039035400?
Median gross rent is $1,498/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34039035400?
12.7% of residents in tract 34039035400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,191.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039035400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 39th, minority 74th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039035400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039035400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.09% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34039035400 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34039035400 compare to Linden overall?
Tract 34039035400 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 34039035400 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. 5% 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
Tract · NJ
34039034700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035000
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039035300
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034900
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NJ
34039034600
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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