Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Preakness Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031246001 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,541 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Preakness
Preakness in Passaic County anchors census tract 34031246001, which lands at 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #7,104 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 64% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,141 monthly, set against $118,468 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,684
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$118,468
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preakness and the region
Centroid at 40.9669, -74.2130 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preakness scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,141 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 136Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2016)
- 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Preakness
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Passaic County average of 6.9 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34031246001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246001?
Census tract 34031246001 in Preakness scores 2.4/10 (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 34031246001?
Median gross rent is $2,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246001?
7.7% of residents in tract 34031246001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 78th, minority 62th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246001?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.21% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031246001 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031246001 compare to Preakness overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Preakness
Top eight tracts in Preakness ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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