3 census tracts · pop 15,561 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.6–6.3
Pompton Plains takes in 3 census tracts of Pompton Plains, NJ, population 15,561. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Pompton Plains baseline of 51.0%, roughly one in three of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Average gross rent is $1,844, 41% below the Pompton Plains average of $3,129. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.4/10.
16% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 26 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 4.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 7.2% of adults, 10.6 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 4.6% of renter households.
At 14% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Against average income of $124,597, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 3 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Pompton Plains vs Pompton PlainsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority23%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport29%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pompton Plains
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
26Total filings (sum)
3.73%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2018)
4.58%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pompton Plains
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.7%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
25.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pompton Plains
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pompton Plains?
Pompton Plains scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pompton Plains compare to Pompton Plains overall?
Pompton Plains scores 0.1 points lower than Pompton Plains overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $1,844 vs $3,129.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pompton Plains?
Average gross rent in Pompton Plains is $1,844/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pompton Plains residents are renters?
14% of Pompton Plains households are renter-occupied (vs 19% in Pompton Plains). The neighborhood has 15,561 residents.
Q5
Is Pompton Plains a high social-vulnerability area?
Pompton Plains sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pompton Plains have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pompton Plains is census tract 34027040301 (score 6.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 6.3, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Pompton Plains for landlords?
Pompton Plains carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pompton Plains as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pompton Plains?
Pompton Plains has 15,576 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.1%), Hispanic / Latino (9.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
