Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Rockaway Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027044300 · Morris County, NJ · pop 6,589
Tract 34027044300 sits in Rockaway, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It is home to 6,589 residents. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,660
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$100,028
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockaway and the region
Centroid at 40.8959, -74.5173 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockaway scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockaway
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockaway
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockaway
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockaway
3.7
How Rockaway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
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)
- 86Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2017)
- 37Filings 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockaway
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Morris County average of 5.5.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 86 evictions over 2 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 7.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10.
Against average income of $100,028, annual rent is just 18%. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027044300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027044300?
Census tract 34027044300 in Rockaway scores 6.9/10 (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 34027044300?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027044300?
6.3% of residents in tract 34027044300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,589.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027044300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 24th, minority 48th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027044300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027044300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.69% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027044300 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027044300 compare to Rockaway overall?
Tract 34027044300 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Rockaway at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockaway; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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