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

Passaic Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34031175703 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,508

With a score of 9.3/10, tract 34031175703 in Passaic, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,508 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 31% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,749
Renter share60.9%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$59,967

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 17 tracts In Passaic
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#11 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 40.8539, -74.1299 · 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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$726 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 175703Passaic: 7.97.9Passaicparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.06.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 323Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 6.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak (2013)
  • 45Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311757032013: 80 filings (7.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 75 filings (6.91/100 renter HHs)2015: 63 filings (5.81/100 renter HHs)2016: 60 filings (5.84/100 renter HHs)2018: 45 filings (4.38/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 5 months.
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

At $726 a month, rents run 50% under what the rest of Passaic commands. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.1% against 11.3% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 323 evictions over 5 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 7.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.

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.

Against average income of $59,967, annual rent is just 15%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34031175703

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175703?

Census tract 34031175703 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 34031175703?

Median gross rent is $726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175703?

19.4% of residents in tract 34031175703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,508.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175703?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 91th, minority 79th, housing 88th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031175703?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 323 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031175703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.06% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031175703 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.4% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031175703 compare to Passaic overall?

Tract 34031175703 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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