Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Paterson Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031183002 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,547
With a score of 9.3/10, tract 34031183002 in Paterson, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,547. It sits 2.6 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,294
Renter share71.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$43,897
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
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 40.8927, -74.1602 · 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
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,537 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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.
- 27.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.1%Food insecurity
- 28.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.3%Transit barriers
- 25.7%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Set annual rent against average income of $43,897 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10.
This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.7% against 11.3% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 28.3% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.
Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.3 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031183002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031183002?
Census tract 34031183002 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 34031183002?
Median gross rent is $1,537/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031183002?
37.2% of residents in tract 34031183002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,547.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031183002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 67th, minority 62th, housing 52th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34031183002 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.7% 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. 16.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34031183002 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031183002 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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