Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Dunkerhook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Paramus
Tract 34003042400 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,271 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34003042400 covers part of the Dunkerhook area of Paramus, NJ, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,271 residents. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$148,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paramus and the region
Centroid at 40.9422, -74.0818 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunkerhook scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paramus
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paramus
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paramus
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paramus
6.1
How Dunkerhook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 32Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.7%Peak (2018)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 88% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dunkerhook
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Bergen County average of 46.6%. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 5 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points below the Bergen County average of 6.3. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2018, when 17.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003042400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003042400?
Census tract 34003042400 in the Dunkerhook neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 34003042400?
4.4% of residents in tract 34003042400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,271.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003042400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 69th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q4
Is tract 34003042400 considered part of Dunkerhook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003042400 fall within Dunkerhook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003042400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003042400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.40% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003042400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003042400 compare to Paramus overall?
Tract 34003042400 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Paramus at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paramus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Paramus
Top eight tracts in Paramus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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