Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,434 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson
Tract 34031143302 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,978 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 34031143302 sits in the Riverside neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey. It has a population of 3,978 and an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). 40% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 16% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,879/month against a median household income of $116,321 — roughly 19% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,571
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$116,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9553, -74.1490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paterson
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,879 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paterson
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paterson
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paterson
3.5
How Riverside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverside. 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 34031143302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031143302?
Census tract 34031143302 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 34031143302?
Median gross rent is $1,879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031143302?
5.4% of residents in tract 34031143302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,978.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031143302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 67th, minority 51th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 34031143302 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031143302 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031143302 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031143302 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031143302 scores 6.2/10 — lower than the parent city of Paterson at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paterson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34031143302 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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