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Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally

Preakness Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 34031246101 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,567 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

How risky is Preakness in Preakness for landlords? Census tract 34031246101 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #19,058 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,961 a month against an average household income of $159,839 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 5% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,328
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$159,839

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Preakness
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Preakness
Very Low
Within county
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#106 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#1,931 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Preakness and the region

Centroid at 40.9387, -74.2142 · click any tract to drill in

Why Preakness scores 1.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Preakness
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,961 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Preakness
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Preakness
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Preakness
4.5

How Preakness compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Preakness risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.71.7This tracttract 246101Preakness: 7.57.5Preaknessparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 62Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340312461012013: 10 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2014: 13 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2015: 14 filings (3.12/100 renter HHs)2016: 12 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2018: 13 filings (3.92/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Preakness. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Preakness

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Preakness, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Passaic County average of 6.9 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031246101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246101?

Census tract 34031246101 in the Preakness neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (Lower 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 34031246101?

Median gross rent is $1,961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246101?

2.6% of residents in tract 34031246101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,567.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 14th, minority 38th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 34031246101 considered part of Preakness?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246101 fall within Preakness (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246101?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34031246101 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34031246101 compare to Preakness overall?

Tract 34031246101 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Preakness at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Preakness; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Preakness

Top eight tracts in Preakness ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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