Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Cliffside Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003006202 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,579
For landlords sizing up Cliffside Park, census tract 34003006202 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,328 a month while the average household earns $107,213 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
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 4.7
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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Cliffside Park 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 Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 29th 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.
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 34003006202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003006202?
Census tract 34003006202 in Cliffside Park 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 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 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Cliffside Park at 7.6/10. 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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