Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Passaic Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031175501 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,254
Census tract 34031175501 covers part of Passaic, NJ, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,254. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,186
Renter share83.6%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$55,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Passaic and the region
Centroid at 40.8643, -74.1357 · click any tract to drill in
Why Passaic scores 9.3
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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,513 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Passaic compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
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.
- 35.7%Housing insecurity
- 19.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.5%Food insecurity
- 31.1%SNAP enrollment
- 20.1%Transit barriers
- 40.2%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Passaic
It sits 2.6 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10.
This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $55,167 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. SNAP participation runs 31.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.3 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031175501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175501?
Census tract 34031175501 in Passaic scores 9.3/10 (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 34031175501?
Median gross rent is $1,513/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175501?
24.6% of residents in tract 34031175501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,254.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 60th, minority 97th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34031175501 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.7% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34031175501 compare to Passaic overall?
Tract 34031175501 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of Passaic at 7.9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Passaic
Top eight tracts in Passaic ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Very High
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Garfield Park
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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