Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Totowa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031223801 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,077
Eviction risk in Totowa centers on tract 34031223801, which scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,077 residents. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,900 a month while the average household earns $124,079 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units964
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$124,079
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Totowa and the region
Centroid at 40.9003, -74.2061 · click any tract to drill in
Why Totowa scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Totowa
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,900 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Totowa
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Totowa
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Totowa
4.6
How Totowa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 52Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2018)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Totowa
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Totowa, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Passaic County average of 6.9 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 52 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 34031223801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031223801?
Census tract 34031223801 in Totowa scores 2.4/10 (Lower 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 34031223801?
Median gross rent is $1,900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031223801?
1.8% of residents in tract 34031223801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,077.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031223801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 72th, minority 55th, housing 2th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031223801?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031223801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031223801 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031223801 compare to Totowa overall?
Tract 34031223801 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Totowa at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Totowa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Totowa
Top eight tracts in Totowa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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