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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson

Tract 34031182502 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,372 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 34031182502 sits in the Riverside area of Paterson eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 3,372. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 27% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,236
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$65,352

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 18 tracts In Riverside
Low
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Very Low
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#442 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9193, -74.1364 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 7.8

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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,620 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 / state7.8This tracttract 1825027.9Patersonparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 41% here against 49.2% across Passaic County.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Housing insecurity runs 24.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.6% against 11.3% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,620, close to the Paterson average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031182502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031182502?

Census tract 34031182502 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 34031182502?

Median gross rent is $1,620/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031182502?

6.6% of residents in tract 34031182502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,372.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031182502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 34031182502 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031182502 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031182502 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.0% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031182502 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031182502 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 34031182502 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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