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Neighborhood · Packanack Lake, NJ

Hoffman Grove Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 8,342 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10 · range 3–4.1

Hoffman Grove takes in 2 census tracts of Packanack Lake, NJ, population 8,342. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.6/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs around two-thirds against 21.6% citywide, putting Hoffman Grove 43.7% over its own city.

At $1,229 a month, rents sit 65% under what the rest of Packanack Lake commands. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.2/10. 25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Court records carry 351 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

SNAP participation is 6.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 21.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.8% in 2018, is well off that peak.

Against average income of $127,910, annual rent is only 12%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Hoffman Grove vs Packanack Lake How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
65.3% +202%
Packanack Lake: 21.6%
Average gross rent
$1,229 -65%
Packanack Lake: $3,501
Average HH income
$127,910 -35%
Packanack Lake: $196,343
Poverty rate
3.2% +208%
Packanack Lake: 1.0%
Renter share
29.0% +647%
Packanack Lake: 3.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoffman Grove and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–4.1

Why Hoffman Grove scores 3.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.2–6.8 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
65% of income on rent · Range 3.3–6.8 across tracts
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–6.5 across tracts
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
29% renter households · Range 2.1–4.0 across tracts
3.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.6–5.0 across tracts
3.9
Economic stress
3.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.4 across tracts
1.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–5.6 across tracts
5.3
Risk score comparison

Hoffman Grove vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Hoffman Grove score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Hoffman Grove: 3.63.6Hoffman GroveNeighborhoodParent city: 4.34.3Parent cityhost cityState: 6.46.4Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Hoffman Grove

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34031246300 4.1 4,648 38% $2,206
34031246203 3 3,694 100%
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 44

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 40%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 57%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hoffman Grove

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 351Total filings (sum)
  • 8.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.7%Peak year (2016)
  • 6.00%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hoffman Grove

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Hoffman Grove

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Hoffman Grove?

Hoffman Grove scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Hoffman Grove compare to Packanack Lake overall?

Hoffman Grove scores 0.7 points lower than Packanack Lake overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 22% citywide. Average rent: $1,229 vs $3,501.
Q3

What is the average rent in Hoffman Grove?

Average gross rent in Hoffman Grove is $1,229/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Hoffman Grove residents are renters?

29% of Hoffman Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 4% in Packanack Lake). The neighborhood has 8,342 residents.
Q5

Is Hoffman Grove a high social-vulnerability area?

Hoffman Grove sits in the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Hoffman Grove have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Hoffman Grove is census tract 34031246300 (score 4.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.1, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Hoffman Grove for landlords?

Hoffman Grove carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Packanack Lake as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Hoffman Grove?

Hoffman Grove has 8,156 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.7%), Hispanic / Latino (20.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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