Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Paterson Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34031182301 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 1,814
Tract 34031182301 sits in Paterson eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. It is home to 1,814 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units513
Renter share81.7%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$73,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9118, -74.1602 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paterson scores 7.8
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,689 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 378Total filings over 5 yrs
- 19.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.0%Peak (2014)
- 79Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.7%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 30.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Food insecurity runs 34.7% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 28.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.
Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 378 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,689, 9% above the Paterson average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 21.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 19.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031182301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031182301?
Census tract 34031182301 in Paterson 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 34031182301?
Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031182301?
8.0% of residents in tract 34031182301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,814.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031182301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 63th, minority 96th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031182301?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 378 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031182301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.31% of renter households, peaking at 21.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031182301 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031182301 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031182301 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.
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