Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Hackettstown Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34041031402 · Warren County, NJ · pop 5,526
Tract 34041031402 sits in Hackettstown, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It is home to 5,526 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,905
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$102,460
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hackettstown and the region
Centroid at 40.8434, -74.8367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hackettstown scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hackettstown
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,432 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hackettstown
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hackettstown
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hackettstown
5.3
How Hackettstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
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)
- 402Total filings over 6 yrs
- 7.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2013)
- 46Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 6 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hackettstown
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Against Warren County at 42.1%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Warren County average of 5.0. Court records carry 402 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $102,460, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,432, close to the Hackettstown average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34041031402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34041031402?
Census tract 34041031402 in Hackettstown 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 34041031402?
Median gross rent is $1,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34041031402?
7.8% of residents in tract 34041031402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,526.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34041031402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 64th, minority 50th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34041031402?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 402 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34041031402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.77% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34041031402 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34041031402 compare to Hackettstown overall?
Tract 34041031402 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Hackettstown at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hackettstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hackettstown
Top eight tracts in Hackettstown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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