Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Preakness Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34031246001 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,541 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Preakness
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 34031246001 in Preakness, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,541 residents. The severe-burden share is 64%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,684
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$118,468
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preakness and the region
Centroid at 40.9669, -74.2130 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preakness scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Preakness
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,141 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Preakness
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Preakness
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Preakness
4.5
How Preakness compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 136Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2016)
- 34Filings 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Preakness
Cost burden runs 68% here against 49.2% across Passaic County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.2 points.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 5.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 136 filings here across 5 tracked years. At $2,141 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Preakness commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031246001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246001?
Census tract 34031246001 in Preakness scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 34031246001?
Median gross rent is $2,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246001?
7.7% of residents in tract 34031246001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 78th, minority 62th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246001?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 136 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.21% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031246001 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031246001 compare to Preakness overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Preakness
Top eight tracts in Preakness ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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