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Riverside Eviction Risk: High , Paterson

Tract 34031181500 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,423 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 34031181500 belongs to the Riverside neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey. It is home to 3,423 residents and scores 7.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,420 a month against an average household income of $40,825 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 84% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57% Stable renters 27% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share83.8%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.9%
Median income$40,825

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 18 tracts In Riverside
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 40 tracts In Paterson
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9225, -74.1631 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 9.1

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
30.9% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,420 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.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.19.1This tracttract 181500Paterson: 8.98.9Patersonparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 1,848Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 49.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 46.7%Peak (2018)
  • 428Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311815002013: 367 filings (55.69/100 renter HHs)2014: 315 filings (47.80/100 renter HHs)2015: 374 filings (56.75/100 renter HHs)2016: 364 filings (39.74/100 renter HHs)2018: 428 filings (46.72/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 17% 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 heaviest input here is 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,848 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 49.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 46.7% of renter households in 2018.

In CDC survey modeling, about 40.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 27.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34031181500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181500?

Census tract 34031181500 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 34031181500?

Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181500?

30.9% of residents in tract 34031181500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,423.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 81th, minority 98th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 34031181500 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181500 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,848 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 49.34% of renter households, peaking at 46.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34031181500 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.3% 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. 27.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34031181500 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031181500 scores 9.1/10, 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.

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