Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Clifton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34031124602 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,584
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 34031124602 in Clifton, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,584 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share56.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$92,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clifton and the region
Centroid at 40.8785, -74.1536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clifton scores 5.9
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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,698 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 363Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2013)
- 46Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clifton
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 363 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. Average gross rent is $1,698, close to the Clifton average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $92,469.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031124602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124602?
Census tract 34031124602 in Clifton scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 34031124602?
Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124602?
7.7% of residents in tract 34031124602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 34th, minority 72th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124602?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 363 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031124602 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031124602 compare to Clifton overall?
Tract 34031124602 scores 5.9/10, lower than 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
34031124323
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124500
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124800
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031125000
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124700
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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