Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Northwest Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Midland Park

Tract 34003034002 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,453 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 5/10, tract 34003034002 in the Northwest Ridgewood area of Midland Park, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,453 residents. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 16% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$145,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Northwest Ridgewood
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Midland Park
Very Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#181 of 203 tracts In Bergen County
Very Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,385 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Midland Park and the region

Centroid at 40.9988, -74.1393 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northwest Ridgewood scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Midland Park
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,813 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Midland Park
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Midland Park
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Midland Park
2.7

How Northwest Ridgewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northwest Ridgewood risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0340025.9Midland Parkparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Northwest Ridgewood. 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 Northwest Ridgewood

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Against the Bergen County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.

SNAP participation runs 3.7% against 15.2% nationally. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2.7/10.

Housing insecurity runs 7.0% against 14.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $145,417, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34003034002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003034002?

Census tract 34003034002 in the Northwest Ridgewood neighborhood scores 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 34003034002?

Median gross rent is $1,813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34003034002?

1.7% of residents in tract 34003034002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,453.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34003034002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 6th, minority 25th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 34003034002 considered part of Northwest Ridgewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003034002 fall within Northwest Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34003034002 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34003034002 compare to Midland Park overall?

Tract 34003034002 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Midland Park at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Midland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34003034002 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Midland Park

Top eight tracts in Midland Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related