Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Boonton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027041000 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,998
Census tract 34027041000 covers part of Boonton, NJ, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,998. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,245
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$91,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boonton and the region
Centroid at 40.9038, -74.4004 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boonton scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boonton
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,797 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boonton
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boonton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boonton
5.2
How Boonton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 36Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2017)
- 16Filings 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boonton
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Morris County average of 40.8%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
It sits 1.9 points above the Morris County average of 5.5. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 36 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,797, close to the Boonton average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027041000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041000?
Census tract 34027041000 in Boonton scores 7.4/10 (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 34027041000?
Median gross rent is $1,797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041000?
7.4% of residents in tract 34027041000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,998.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 4th, minority 49th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027041000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027041000 compare to Boonton overall?
Tract 34027041000 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Boonton at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boonton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Boonton
Top eight tracts in Boonton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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