Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Paterson Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031182100 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,898
34031182100 is a census tract in Paterson, NJ. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,898 residents. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,323
Renter share76.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$49,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
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 40.9019, -74.1717 · 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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,587 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 343Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.3%Peak (2013)
- 71Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 31.7%Housing insecurity
- 19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.9%Food insecurity
- 30.8%SNAP enrollment
- 18.5%Transit barriers
- 30.3%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.3% against 11.3% nationally.
Set annual rent against average income of $49,949 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Housing insecurity runs 31.7% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 343 evictions over 5 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2013, when 11.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031182100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031182100?
Census tract 34031182100 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 34031182100?
Median gross rent is $1,587/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031182100?
17.3% of residents in tract 34031182100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,898.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031182100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 42th, minority 95th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031182100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 343 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031182100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.02% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031182100 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.7% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031182100 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031182100 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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/ 10 · Very High
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