Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Totowa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031223802 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 7,760
Totowa anchors census tract 34031223802, which lands at 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,638 a month while the average household earns $113,378 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,924
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$113,378
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Totowa and the region
Centroid at 40.9056, -74.2243 · click any tract to drill in
Why Totowa scores 2.5
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,638 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 85Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2018)
- 19Filings 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Totowa
The score leans hardest on 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 in line with 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 85 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34031223802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031223802?
Census tract 34031223802 in Totowa scores 2.5/10 (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 34031223802?
Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031223802?
4.2% of residents in tract 34031223802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,760.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031223802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 83th, minority 48th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031223802?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031223802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.35% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031223802 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031223802 compare to Totowa overall?
Tract 34031223802 scores 2.5/10, 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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