Paterson Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031183200 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,237
For landlords sizing up Paterson in Passaic County, census tract 34031183200 carries a high eviction-risk score of $1/10. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,040 a month while the average household earns $23,819 a year, roughly 52% of income at the averages. Renters make up 95% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9185, -74.1694 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paterson scores 9.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Paterson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,441Total filings over 5 yrs
- 24.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.2%Peak (2018)
- 316Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 36.9%Housing insecurity
- 24.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 51.1%Food insecurity
- 41.7%SNAP enrollment
- 22.6%Transit barriers
- 31.0%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
The score leans hardest on 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 100th 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,441 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 24.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.2% of renter households in 2018.
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.
About tract 34031183200
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Highest-risk tracts in Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.