Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Cliffside Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34003006202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,579
Census tract 34003006202 covers part of Cliffside Park, NJ, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,160
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$107,213
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cliffside Park and the region
Centroid at 40.8268, -73.9809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cliffside Park scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cliffside Park
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,328 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cliffside Park
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cliffside Park
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cliffside Park
5.9
How Cliffside Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 33%Grade B
- 43%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)
- 205Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2013)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 5 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 11.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cliffside Park
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $2,328, 27% above the Cliffside Park average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 205 filings here across 5 tracked years. The voucher gap is 12.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 8.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003006202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003006202?
Census tract 34003006202 in Cliffside Park scores 6.7/10 (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 34003006202?
Median gross rent is $2,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003006202?
3.7% of residents in tract 34003006202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,579.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003006202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 26th, minority 68th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003006202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003006202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.33% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003006202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003006202 compare to Cliffside Park overall?
Tract 34003006202 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Cliffside Park at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cliffside Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003006202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Cliffside Park
Top eight tracts in Cliffside Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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