Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Paddington Square Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003032201 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,591 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In the Paddington Square area of Bergen, census tract 34003032201 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,262 a month while the average household earns $131,607 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,328
Renter share15.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$131,607
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bergen County and the region
Centroid at 41.0846, -74.1250 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paddington Square scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,262 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Paddington Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 132Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2017)
- 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.0%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 17.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paddington Square
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Bergen County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 132 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003032201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003032201?
Census tract 34003032201 in the Paddington Square neighborhood 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 34003032201?
Median gross rent is $2,262/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003032201?
1.6% of residents in tract 34003032201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,591.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003032201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 38th, minority 35th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 34003032201 considered part of Paddington Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003032201 fall within Paddington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003032201?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003032201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.54% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34003032201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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