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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Franklin Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34003020200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 6,939

Census tract 34003020200 covers part of Franklin Lakes, NJ, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,939. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Franklin Lakes
Very Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#185 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,435 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
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 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Franklin Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0202005.9Franklin Lakesparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34003020200
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Franklin Lakes

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 2.4% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Court records carry 22 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 1.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003020200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003020200?

Census tract 34003020200 in Franklin Lakes 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 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 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Franklin Lakes at 5.9/10. 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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