Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: High , Passaic
Tract 34031175900 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,780 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Here is how census tract 34031175900, in Garfield Park in Passaic eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 7.6/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,780. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,350 a month while the average household earns $63,892 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,225
Renter share92.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate31.5%
Median income$63,892
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Passaic and the region
Centroid at 40.8602, -74.1121 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 8.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Passaic
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
31.5% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Passaic
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Passaic
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Passaic
8.1
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 1%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 810Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2016)
- 120Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Garfield Park. 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.
- 36.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.5%Food insecurity
- 32.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.7%Transit barriers
- 38.3%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Passaic eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Passaic County average of 6.9 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 36.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 1% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031175900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175900?
Census tract 34031175900 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High 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 34031175900?
Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175900?
31.5% of residents in tract 34031175900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,780.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 34031175900 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031175900 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031175900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 810 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031175900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.54% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031175900 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.1% 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. 20.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031175900 compare to Passaic overall?
Tract 34031175900 scores 8.7/10, higher than the parent city of Passaic at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Passaic eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34031175900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Passaic
Top eight tracts in Passaic ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34031175502
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34031175804
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175401
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175803
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175501
8.4
/ 10 · High
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