Paterson Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34031264200 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,928
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34031264200 (Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey) comes in at 7.9/10, the Elevated tier. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,324 a month against an average household income of $35,600 a year, roughly 45% of income at the averages. About 92% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9225, -74.1756 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paterson scores 9.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Paterson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 2,987Total filings over 5 yrs
- 47.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 51.7%Peak (2018)
- 680Filings 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.
- 38.7%Housing insecurity
- 24.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 50.9%Food insecurity
- 39.6%SNAP enrollment
- 22.9%Transit barriers
- 30.4%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 41.3%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.4/10. 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 97th 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 2,987 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 47.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 51.7% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 34031264200
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Highest-risk tracts in Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.