Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Clifton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34031124900 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,487
34031124900 is a census tract in Clifton, NJ. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,487. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,682
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$64,167
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 40.8727, -74.1389 · 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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,660 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 240Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2016)
- 37Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.4%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 23.9%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clifton
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.
This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Passaic County average of 49.2%.
Adults with no health insurance runs 23.9% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The filing record is not thin: 240 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031124900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124900?
Census tract 34031124900 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 34031124900?
Median gross rent is $1,660/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124900?
9.5% of residents in tract 34031124900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,487.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 76th, minority 83th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 240 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.71% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031124900 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031124900 compare to Clifton overall?
Tract 34031124900 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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