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Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Passaic Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34031175704 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,497

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 34031175704 in Passaic, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 27% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,377
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$81,650

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 17 tracts In Passaic
Very Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#442 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#9,043 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Passaic and the region

Centroid at 40.8479, -74.1303 · click any tract to drill in

Why Passaic scores 7.8

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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,612 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 / state7.8This tracttract 1757047.9Passaicparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 219Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 6.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2013)
  • 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34031175704
Filings dropped 45% 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

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10.

Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 219 evictions over 5 years of observation.

Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,612 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Passaic commands.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 8.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34031175704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175704?

Census tract 34031175704 in Passaic scores 7.8/10 (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 34031175704?

Median gross rent is $1,612/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175704?

10.3% of residents in tract 34031175704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,497.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 78th, minority 64th, housing 91th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031175704?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031175704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.39% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031175704 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031175704 compare to Passaic overall?

Tract 34031175704 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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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