Census Tract · Ranked #19,399 of 84,120 nationally

Parsippany Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027041801 · Morris County, NJ · pop 2,704

Tract 34027041801 covers Parsippany in New Jersey. Home to 2,704 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,795 monthly, set against $105,438 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 49% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units1,180

Renter share66.2%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate4.2%

Median income$105,438

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Parsippany and the region

Centroid at 40.8632, -74.4282 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parsippany scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Parsippany

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

4.2% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,795 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Parsippany

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Parsippany

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Parsippany

3.7

How Parsippany compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

35%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
53%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)

40Total filings over 2 yrs
2.57%Avg annual filing rate
2.8%Peak (2018)
22Filings 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.

6.9%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
3.6%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
11.4%Frequent mental distress
15.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parsippany

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Parsippany eviction risk, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027041801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041801?

Census tract 34027041801 in Parsippany scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027041801?

Median gross rent is $1,795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041801?

4.2% of residents in tract 34027041801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,704.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 19th, minority 79th, housing 53th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041801?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027041801 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027041801 compare to Parsippany overall?

Tract 34027041801 scores 6.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Parsippany at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parsippany eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Parsippany

Top eight tracts in Parsippany ranked by composite eviction-risk score.