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Census Tract · Ranked #68 of 84,120 nationally

Paterson Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34031182800 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,877

The Elevated-tier score of 7.9/10 for census tract 34031182800 reflects conditions in Paterson, New Jersey. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,268 a month against an average household income of $17,357 a year, roughly 88% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 68% Stable renters 29% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,732
Renter share97.4%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate34.3%
Median income$17,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9058, -74.1613 · click any tract to drill in

Why Paterson scores 9.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
34.3% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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.
Paterson risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.49.4This tracttract 182800Paterson: 8.98.9Patersonparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 356Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 5.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.6%Peak (2018)
  • 95Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311828002013: 53 filings (4.31/100 renter HHs)2014: 68 filings (5.52/100 renter HHs)2015: 77 filings (6.26/100 renter HHs)2016: 63 filings (5.07/100 renter HHs)2018: 95 filings (7.64/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 79% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Paterson

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.6/10. 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 356 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2018.

In CDC survey modeling, about 35.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031182800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031182800?

Census tract 34031182800 in Paterson scores 9.4/10 (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 34031182800?

Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031182800?

34.3% of residents in tract 34031182800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,877.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031182800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 100th, minority 96th, housing 85th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031182800?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 356 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031182800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.76% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031182800 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.5% 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. 20.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031182800 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031182800 scores 9.4/10, higher than the parent city of Paterson at 8.9/10. 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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