Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Paramus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34003042302 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 5,595
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 34003042302 in Paramus, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Against Bergen County at 46.6%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,509
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$154,230
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paramus and the region
Centroid at 40.9637, -74.0652 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paramus scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paramus
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paramus
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paramus
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paramus
6.1
How Paramus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 15Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2013)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paramus
The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 69.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $3,501 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Paramus commands.
The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions over 4 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Bergen County average of 6.3.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34003042302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003042302?
Census tract 34003042302 in Paramus scores 5.6/10 (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 34003042302?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003042302?
4.8% of residents in tract 34003042302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,595.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003042302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 37th, minority 59th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003042302?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34003042302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003042302 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003042302 compare to Paramus overall?
Tract 34003042302 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Paramus at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paramus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Paramus
Top eight tracts in Paramus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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