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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Mountain Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34027041200 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,499

Census tract 34027041200 covers part of Mountain Lakes, NJ, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,499 residents. Severe burden reaches 59%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 1% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,418
Renter share2.9%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mountain Lakes
Moderate
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 110 tracts In Morris County
Moderate
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#1,234 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mountain Lakes and the region

Centroid at 40.8909, -74.4420 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mountain Lakes scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mountain Lakes
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,941 rent vs county FMR
8.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountain Lakes
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountain Lakes
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountain Lakes
5.7

How Mountain Lakes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mountain Lakes risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0412005.9Mountain Lakesparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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)

  • 4Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 3.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.8%Peak (2017)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Mountain Lakes

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Morris County average of 40.8%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. The voucher gap is 37.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.3% against 31.5% nationally.

Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $2,941, 16% below the Mountain Lakes average.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 2 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2017 at 4.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 3% 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.

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 34027041200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041200?

Census tract 34027041200 in Mountain Lakes scores 5.3/10 (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 34027041200?

Median gross rent is $2,941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041200?

1.3% of residents in tract 34027041200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,499.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 31th, minority 35th, housing 1th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041200?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.23% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34027041200 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.5% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34027041200 compare to Mountain Lakes overall?

Tract 34027041200 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Mountain Lakes at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountain Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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