Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Southwest Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Hawthorne
Tract 34031143201 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 2,283 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 34031143201 runs through Southwest Ridgewood in Hawthorne. With 2,283 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,769 a month while the average household earns $159,358 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units925
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$159,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region
Centroid at 40.9684, -74.1502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southwest Ridgewood scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hawthorne
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,769 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hawthorne
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hawthorne
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hawthorne
3.5
How Southwest Ridgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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.
- 1%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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 Southwest Ridgewood. 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwest Ridgewood
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Hawthorne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Passaic County average of 6.9 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031143201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031143201?
Census tract 34031143201 in the Southwest Ridgewood neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (Lower 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 34031143201?
Median gross rent is $1,769/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031143201?
3.1% of residents in tract 34031143201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031143201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 25th, minority 44th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 34031143201 considered part of Southwest Ridgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031143201 fall within Southwest Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031143201 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031143201 compare to Hawthorne overall?
Tract 34031143201 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Hawthorne at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hawthorne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34031143201 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Hawthorne
Top eight tracts in Hawthorne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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