Census Tract · Ranked #17,455 of 84,120 nationally

Parsippany Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027041706 · Morris County, NJ · pop 5,844 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Parsippany

Parsippany anchors census tract 34027041706, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,759 monthly, set against $98,613 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 58% Owners 15%

Tract context

Occupied units2,747

Renter share85.6%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate5.7%

Median income$98,613

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Parsippany and the region

Centroid at 40.8781, -74.4008 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parsippany scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Parsippany

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

5.7% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$1,759 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Parsippany

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Parsippany

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Parsippany

3.7

How Parsippany compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

25%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

98Total filings over 2 yrs
2.21%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak (2017)
46Filings 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.

7.8%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
16.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parsippany

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Parsippany eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Morris County average of 5.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 98 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2017.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027041706

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041706?

Census tract 34027041706 in Parsippany scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027041706?

Median gross rent is $1,759/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041706?

5.7% of residents in tract 34027041706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,844.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041706?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 21th, minority 71th, housing 63th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041706?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041706 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027041706 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027041706 compare to Parsippany overall?

Tract 34027041706 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Parsippany at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parsippany eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Parsippany

Top eight tracts in Parsippany ranked by composite eviction-risk score.