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Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Passaic Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34031175502 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,411

34031175502 is a census tract in Passaic, NJ. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 55%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 16% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units901
Renter share62.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate34.9%
Median income$46,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 17 tracts In Passaic
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3,082 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Passaic and the region

Centroid at 40.8673, -74.1384 · click any tract to drill in

Why Passaic scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
34.9% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,634 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Passaic risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 175502Passaic: 7.97.9Passaicparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.06.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Passaic

Against Passaic County at 49.2%, roughly three in four of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. Food insecurity runs 51.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 39.1% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 2.6 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7. Set annual rent against average income of $46,571 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,634, 12% above the Passaic average. On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031175502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175502?

Census tract 34031175502 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 34031175502?

Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175502?

34.9% of residents in tract 34031175502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,411.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 90th, minority 97th, housing 77th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 34031175502 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.1% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 34031175502 compare to Passaic overall?

Tract 34031175502 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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