Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Dunkerhook Eviction Risk: Lower , Paramus
Tract 34003042400 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 4,271 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Dunkerhook area of Paramus is where census tract 34003042400 sits, home to 4,271 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $148,071 a year. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$148,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paramus and the region
Centroid at 40.9422, -74.0818 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunkerhook scores 1.9
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Dunkerhook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 32Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.7%Peak (2018)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 88% 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dunkerhook
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.8/10. 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 inherited from Paramus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 32 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 8.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.7% of renter households in 2018.
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 34003042400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003042400?
Census tract 34003042400 in the Dunkerhook neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34003042400?
4.4% of residents in tract 34003042400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,271.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003042400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 69th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q4
Is tract 34003042400 considered part of Dunkerhook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34003042400 fall within Dunkerhook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003042400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003042400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.40% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003042400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003042400 compare to Paramus overall?
Tract 34003042400 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Paramus at 7.7/10. 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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