Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Franklin Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003020200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,939
For landlords sizing up Franklin Lakes in Bergen County, census tract 34003020200 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $250,001 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units2,274
Renter share1.5%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin Lakes and the region
Centroid at 40.9976, -74.2165 · click any tract to drill in
Why Franklin Lakes scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
5.4
How Franklin Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 22Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.0%Peak (2017)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% 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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.9%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 17.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklin Lakes
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Franklin Lakes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 22 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003020200?
Census tract 34003020200 in Franklin Lakes scores 1.6/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 34003020200?
3.1% of residents in tract 34003020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,939.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 22th, minority 34th, housing 8th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003020200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003020200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.00% of renter households, peaking at 0.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34003020200 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34003020200 compare to Franklin Lakes overall?
Tract 34003020200 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Franklin Lakes at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Franklin Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Franklin Lakes
Top eight tracts in Franklin Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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