Paterson Eviction Risk: High

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 1,053 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 25.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 27.6% of renter households in 2018.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: Paterson eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.