Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgefield Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003046200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,400
Here is how census tract 34003046200, in Ridgefield Park, looks to a landlord: a 6.4/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,400. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,639 a month while the average household earns $102,636 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,624
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$102,636
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgefield Park and the region
Centroid at 40.8634, -74.0262 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgefield Park scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgefield Park
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,639 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgefield Park
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgefield Park
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgefield Park
6.4
How Ridgefield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 1%Grade B
- 76%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 260Total filings over 5 yrs
- 13.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.8%Peak (2017)
- 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgefield Park
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 Ridgefield Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bergen County average of 6.3 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003046200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003046200?
Census tract 34003046200 in Ridgefield Park scores 5.4/10 (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 average rent in tract 34003046200?
Median gross rent is $1,639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003046200?
8.1% of residents in tract 34003046200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,400.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003046200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 34th, minority 72th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003046200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 260 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003046200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.01% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003046200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003046200 compare to Ridgefield Park overall?
Tract 34003046200 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ridgefield Park at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgefield Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003046200 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. 0% 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 Ridgefield Park
Top eight tracts in Ridgefield Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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