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Mill Pond Eviction Risk: Lower , Franklin Lakes

Tract 34003020100 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,068 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

The Mill Pond neighborhood of Franklin Lakes is where census tract 34003020100 sits, home to 4,068 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.7/10. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,370 a month while the average household earns $162,311 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 11% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$162,311

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Mill Pond
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Franklin Lakes
Very High
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#171 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Very Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#1,931 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Franklin Lakes and the region

Centroid at 41.0244, -74.1971 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mill Pond scores 1.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,370 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Franklin Lakes
5.4

How Mill Pond compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mill Pond risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.71.7This tracttract 020100Franklin Lakes: 7.37.3Franklin Lakesparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 72Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2017)
  • 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340030201002013: 18 filings (4.41/100 renter HHs)2014: 8 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2015: 16 filings (3.92/100 renter HHs)2017: 20 filings (4.88/100 renter HHs)2018: 10 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mill Pond. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mill Pond

The score leans hardest on supply constraint 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 Franklin Lakes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bergen County average of 6.3 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2017.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34003020100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003020100?

Census tract 34003020100 in the Mill Pond neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 34003020100?

Median gross rent is $3,370/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003020100?

3.4% of residents in tract 34003020100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,068.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003020100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 71th, minority 38th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 34003020100 considered part of Mill Pond?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003020100 fall within Mill Pond (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003020100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003020100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.52% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34003020100 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.7% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34003020100 compare to Franklin Lakes overall?

Tract 34003020100 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Franklin Lakes at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Franklin Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Franklin Lakes

Top eight tracts in Franklin Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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