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Neighborhood · Ranked #327 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson

Tract 34031180900 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,928 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 34031180900 sits in the Riverside neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey. It has a population of 3,928 and an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). 59% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 40% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,373/month against a median household income of $43,434 — roughly 38% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 36% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share86.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate33.3%
Median income$43,434

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
94 th percentile
Rank — 94th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 18 tracts In Riverside
Very High
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank — 80th percentileBottomTop
#9 of 40 tracts In Paterson
High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank — 92th percentileBottomTop
#11 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank — 96th percentileBottomTop
#92 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9331, -74.1576 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Paterson
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
33.3% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paterson
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paterson
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paterson
7.5

How Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.97.9This tracttract 180900Paterson: 7.77.7Patersonparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.66.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 771Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 20.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.8%Peak (2018)
  • 185Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 — 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311809002013: 131 filings (17.73/100 renter HHs)2014: 155 filings (20.97/100 renter HHs)2015: 141 filings (19.08/100 renter HHs)2016: 159 filings (19.56/100 renter HHs)2018: 185 filings (22.76/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 41% over the past 5 months.
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.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031180900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031180900?

Census tract 34031180900 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 34031180900?

Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031180900?

33.3% of residents in tract 34031180900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,928.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031180900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 66th.

Q5

Is tract 34031180900 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031180900 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031180900?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 771 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031180900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.02% of renter households, peaking at 22.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 34031180900 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.3% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 34031180900 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031180900 scores 7.9/10 — right in line with 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Paterson

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

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