Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Paterson Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031181800 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,305
Tract 34031181800 sits in Paterson eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. It is home to 3,305 residents. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,054
Renter share97.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate29.8%
Median income$49,595
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9158, -74.1763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paterson 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
29.8% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Paterson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 521Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2013)
- 99Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 33.4%Housing insecurity
- 20.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.3%Food insecurity
- 31.1%SNAP enrollment
- 19.2%Transit barriers
- 31.1%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
SNAP participation runs 31.1% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. At $1,210 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Paterson commands. Court records carry 521 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Passaic County average of 49.2%. Filings peaked in 2013 at 14.3% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031181800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181800?
Census tract 34031181800 in Paterson 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 34031181800?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181800?
29.8% of residents in tract 34031181800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,305.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 79th, minority 89th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 521 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.53% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031181800 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.4% 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. 20.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031181800 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031181800 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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