Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34039039100 · Union County, NJ · pop 3,284
Census tract 34039039100 belongs to Plainfield, New Jersey. It is home to 3,284 residents and scores 7.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 96th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $151,125 a year. Renters make up 1% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,294
Renter share1.1%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$151,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 40.6239, -74.3946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plainfield
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainfield
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainfield
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainfield
7.6
How Plainfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 42%Grade A
- 38%Grade B
- 3%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)
- 22Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2016)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Plainfield 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 Black and White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 22 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 13.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.6% of renter households in 2016.
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 34039039100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34039039100?
Census tract 34039039100 in Plainfield scores 4.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34039039100?
3.3% of residents in tract 34039039100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,284.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34039039100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 4th, minority 74th, housing 20th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34039039100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34039039100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.44% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34039039100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34039039100 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 34039039100 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Plainfield at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 34039039100 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 Plainfield
Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34039039302
8.3
/ 10 · High
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34039039301
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34039039600
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039200
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039400
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039502
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039038800
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34039039000
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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