Clifton Eviction Risk: High

Set annual rent against average income of $37,788 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.2% against 11.3% nationally.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.

SNAP participation runs 27.6% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.3 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7. At $1,355 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Clifton commands.

Court records carry 432 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 10.3% of renter households were served.

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.