Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #17,916 of 84,120 nationally
Towaco Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027040801 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,886 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Towaco
Census tract 34027040801 belongs to Towaco, New Jersey. It is home to 4,886 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,920 monthly, set against $222,426 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$222,426
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Towaco and the region
Centroid at 40.9369, -74.3688 · click any tract to drill in
Why Towaco scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Towaco
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,920 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Towaco
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Towaco
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Towaco
5.4
How Towaco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 11Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2018)
- 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 2.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 17.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Towaco
What moves this score most is 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 Towaco, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 11 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.9% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027040801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027040801?
Census tract 34027040801 in Towaco scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 34027040801?
Median gross rent is $1,920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027040801?
2.0% of residents in tract 34027040801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,886.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027040801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 25th, minority 35th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027040801?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027040801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.96% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027040801 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027040801 compare to Towaco overall?
Tract 34027040801 scores 6.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Towaco at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Towaco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Towaco
Top eight tracts in Towaco ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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