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Eviction Risk in Dunkerhook , Paramus

1 census tracts · pop 4,271 · pop-weighted composite 6.6/10 · range 6.6–6.6

Dunkerhook is a white-asian neighborhood in Paramus with 1 census tract and a population of 4,271 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 59% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 33% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income).

Eviction Risk
6.6
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
59%
33% severely burdened
Median household income
$148,071
4.4% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Dunkerhook vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Dunkerhook score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Dunkerhook: 6.66.6DunkerhookNeighborhoodParent city: 6.86.8Parent cityhost cityState: 7.07.0Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · NJ
Garfield Park
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
14 tracts · pop. 64.1K
Peer · NJ
Koreatown
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
21 tracts · pop. 93.7K
Peer · NJ
Mount Pleasant
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 9.5K
Peer · NJ
Radburn
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
8 tracts · pop. 38.7K
Comparison

Dunkerhook vs Paramus

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
6.6 -3%
Paramus: 6.8
Rent burden
58.5% +57%
Paramus: 37.3%
Median gross rent
$0 -100%
Paramus: $3,032
Median HH income
$148,071 +6%
Paramus: $139,707
Poverty rate
4.4% -20%
Paramus: 5.5%
Renter share
9.2% -47%
Paramus: 17.4%
Where

Tract centroids in Dunkerhook

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White-Asian Neighborhood — 4,506 residents across all tracts in Dunkerhook. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 14.4% White (non-Hispanic): 58.8% Black (non-Hispanic): 2% Asian (non-Hispanic): 20.4% Other / Multiracial: 4.5%
  • Hispanic / Latino 14.4%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 58.8%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 20.4%
  • Other / Multiracial 4.5%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Dunkerhook

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
34003042400 6.6 4,271 58%
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 30

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 20%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 69%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 21%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Dunkerhook

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 32Total filings (sum)
  • 8.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.7%Peak year (2018)
  • 17.65%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dunkerhook

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Dunkerhook

What is the eviction-risk score for Dunkerhook?

Dunkerhook scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Dunkerhook compare to Paramus overall?

Dunkerhook scores 0.2 points lower than Paramus overall (6.8/10). Rent burden: 59% vs 37% citywide.

What percentage of Dunkerhook residents are renters?

9% of Dunkerhook households are renter-occupied (vs 17% in Paramus). The neighborhood has 4,271 residents.

Is Dunkerhook a high social-vulnerability area?

Dunkerhook sits in the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

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