Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: High , Paterson
Tract 34031181300 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,504 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
34031181300 is a census tract in the Riverside area of Paterson, NJ. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,504 residents. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,767
Renter share88.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$55,270
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9195, -74.1510 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 9.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,421 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 1,572Total filings over 5 yrs
- 21.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.5%Peak (2016)
- 323Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 30.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.7%Food insecurity
- 25.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.8%Transit barriers
- 27.4%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Food insecurity runs 38.7% against 17.8% nationally.
This is renter territory: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 1,572 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 22.5% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,421, 8% below the Paterson average.
In a typical year about 21.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031181300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181300?
Census tract 34031181300 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High 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 34031181300?
Median gross rent is $1,421/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181300?
20.7% of residents in tract 34031181300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,504.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 93th, minority 99th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 34031181300 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181300 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,572 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.27% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031181300 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.6% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031181300 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031181300 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of Paterson at 7.9/10. 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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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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