Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #25,671 of 84,120 nationally
Pompton Plains Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34027040200 · Morris County, NJ · pop 6,806 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 34027040200 belongs to the Pompton Plains area of Pompton Plains, New Jersey. It is home to 6,806 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,750 monthly, set against $125,765 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,366
Renter share10.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$125,765
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pompton Plains and the region
Centroid at 40.9614, -74.2888 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pompton Plains scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pompton Plains
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pompton Plains
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pompton Plains
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pompton Plains
5.7
How Pompton Plains compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000-2018)
- 26Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2018)
- 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pompton Plains. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pompton Plains
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.4/10. 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 Pompton Plains, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Morris County average of 5.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 26 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027040200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027040200?
Census tract 34027040200 in the Pompton Plains neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 34027040200?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027040200?
5.2% of residents in tract 34027040200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,806.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027040200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 7th, minority 28th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 34027040200 considered part of Pompton Plains?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34027040200 fall within Pompton Plains (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027040200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027040200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34027040200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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.
Q8
How does tract 34027040200 compare to Pompton Plains overall?
Tract 34027040200 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Pompton Plains at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pompton Plains; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pompton Plains
Top eight tracts in Pompton Plains ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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