Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #550 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: High , Paterson

Tract 34031181400 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,697 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Riverside neighborhood of Paterson is where census tract 34031181400 sits, home to 3,697 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.7/10. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,563 a month while the average household earns $39,701 a year, roughly 47% of income at the averages. Renters make up 84% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 35% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,475
Renter share83.5%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$39,701

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 18 tracts In Riverside
High
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Elevated
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9215, -74.1581 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 8.9

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
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,563 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 8.98.9This tracttract 181400Paterson: 8.98.9Patersonparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

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)

  • 2,029Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 41.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 46.9%Peak (2018)
  • 516Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311814002013: 378 filings (41.22/100 renter HHs)2014: 374 filings (40.79/100 renter HHs)2015: 399 filings (43.51/100 renter HHs)2016: 362 filings (32.91/100 renter HHs)2018: 516 filings (46.91/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 37% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Paterson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Passaic County average of 6.9 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 2,029 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 41.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 46.9% of renter households in 2018.

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 34031181400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181400?

Census tract 34031181400 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 34031181400?

Median gross rent is $1,563/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181400?

27.6% of residents in tract 34031181400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,697.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 95th, minority 98th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 34031181400 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181400 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,029 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.07% of renter households, peaking at 46.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34031181400 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.4% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34031181400 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031181400 scores 8.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Paterson at 8.9/10. 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.

Related