Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Clifton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34031124323 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 2,936
With a score of 6.8/10, tract 34031124323 in Clifton, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,936. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,495
Renter share87.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$70,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clifton and the region
Centroid at 40.8529, -74.1712 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clifton scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clifton
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,714 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clifton
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clifton
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clifton
5.8
How Clifton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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)
- 902Total filings over 5 yrs
- 14.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.8%Peak (2016)
- 182Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 26% 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clifton
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Court records carry 902 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 16.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters.
It tracks the Passaic County average of 6.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,714, close to the Clifton average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $70,393.
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 34031124323
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124323?
Census tract 34031124323 in Clifton scores 6.8/10 (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 34031124323?
Median gross rent is $1,714/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124323?
10.5% of residents in tract 34031124323 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,936.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124323?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 31th, minority 67th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124323?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 902 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124323 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.63% of renter households, peaking at 16.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031124323 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031124323 compare to Clifton overall?
Tract 34031124323 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Clifton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clifton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clifton
Top eight tracts in Clifton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34031125100
8
/ 10 · High
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34031124601
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124900
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124500
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124800
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124602
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031125000
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124700
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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