Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Preakness Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031246102 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,416
Census tract 34031246102 sits in Preakness, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,070 a month against an average household income of $95,614 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,423
Renter share75.3%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$95,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preakness and the region
Centroid at 40.9538, -74.2282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preakness scores 2.8
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,070 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 501Total filings over 5 yrs
- 10.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2014)
- 49Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 21.1%Any disability
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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 36th 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 501 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 10.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.3% of renter households in 2014.
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 34031246102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246102?
Census tract 34031246102 in Preakness scores 2.8/10 (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 34031246102?
Median gross rent is $2,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246102?
7.4% of residents in tract 34031246102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 40th, minority 66th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246102?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 501 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.35% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031246102 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031246102 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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