Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgefield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34003045200 · Bergen County, NJ · pop 3,014
How risky is Ridgefield in Bergen County for landlords? Census tract 34003045200 scores 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,816 a month against an average household income of $92,083 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,116
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$92,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgefield and the region
Centroid at 40.8302, -74.0202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgefield scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgefield
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgefield
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgefield
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgefield
4.4
How Ridgefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 11%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
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)
- 133Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2013)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgefield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Ridgefield, 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 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 133 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.4% of renter households in 2013.
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 34003045200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34003045200?
Census tract 34003045200 in Ridgefield scores 3.8/10 (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 34003045200?
Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34003045200?
2.8% of residents in tract 34003045200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,014.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34003045200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 66th, minority 84th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34003045200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34003045200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.33% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34003045200 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34003045200 compare to Ridgefield overall?
Tract 34003045200 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Ridgefield at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgefield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34003045200 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 Ridgefield
Top eight tracts in Ridgefield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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