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Pompton Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Riverdale

Tract 34027040400 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,081 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 34027040400 covers part of the Pompton Junction area of Riverdale, NJ, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 14% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,988
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$96,667

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Pompton Junction
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Riverdale
Moderate
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 110 tracts In Morris County
High
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#625 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Riverdale and the region

Centroid at 40.9959, -74.3145 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pompton Junction scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Riverdale
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,351 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Riverdale
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Riverdale
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Riverdale
6.3

How Pompton Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pompton Junction risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0404006.0Riverdaleparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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)

  • 33Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 3.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2018)
  • 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Pompton Junction

Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 40.8% across Morris County. Against the Morris County average of 5.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 33 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. Filings peaked in 2018 at 3.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027040400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027040400?

Census tract 34027040400 in the Pompton Junction neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 34027040400?

Median gross rent is $2,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027040400?

10.1% of residents in tract 34027040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,081.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027040400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 39th, minority 40th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 34027040400 considered part of Pompton Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34027040400 fall within Pompton Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027040400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027040400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.10% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34027040400 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34027040400 compare to Riverdale overall?

Tract 34027040400 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Riverdale at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Riverdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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