Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Delaware Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Alpha
Tract 34041032400 · Warren County, NJ · pop 2,223 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
34041032400 is a census tract in the Delaware Heights area of Alpha, NJ. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$83,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alpha and the region
Centroid at 40.6594, -75.1571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Delaware Heights scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alpha
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alpha
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alpha
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alpha
5.4
How Delaware Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 76Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2017)
- 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Delaware Heights
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
Cost burden runs 48% here against 42.1% across Warren County. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 76 filings here across 6 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,234 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Alpha commands.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 5.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Against average income of $83,125, annual rent is just 18%. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34041032400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34041032400?
Census tract 34041032400 in the Delaware Heights neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 34041032400?
Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34041032400?
7.0% of residents in tract 34041032400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,223.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34041032400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 49th, minority 32th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 34041032400 considered part of Delaware Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34041032400 fall within Delaware Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34041032400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34041032400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.34% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34041032400 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34041032400 compare to Alpha overall?
Tract 34041032400 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Alpha at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alpha; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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