Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Cliffside Park Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34003006301 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,866
Census tract 34003006301 covers part of Cliffside Park, NJ, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,866 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,771
Renter share66.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$54,856
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cliffside Park and the region
Centroid at 40.8131, -73.9939 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cliffside Park scores 8.3
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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,623 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 0%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 23%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.
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.
- 24.5%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.9%Food insecurity
- 20.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 25.4%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cliffside Park
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 2.0 points above the Bergen County average of 6.3.
Set annual rent against average income of $54,856 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Food insecurity runs 29.9% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.6/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.5% against 14.2% nationally.
At $1,623 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Cliffside Park commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hudson 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. Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003006301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003006301?
Census tract 34003006301 in Cliffside Park scores 8.3/10 (High 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 34003006301?
Median gross rent is $1,623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003006301?
23.1% of residents in tract 34003006301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003006301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 87th, minority 78th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34003006301 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.5% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34003006301 compare to Cliffside Park overall?
Tract 34003006301 scores 8.3/10, higher than 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.
Q7
Was tract 34003006301 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. 23% 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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