Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #12,980 of 84,120 nationally
Rockaway Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027044300 · Morris County, NJ · pop 6,589
Census tract 34027044300 belongs to Rockaway, New Jersey. It is home to 6,589 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,496 a month while the average household earns $100,028 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,660
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$100,028
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockaway and the region
Centroid at 40.8959, -74.5173 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockaway scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockaway
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockaway
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockaway
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockaway
3.7
How Rockaway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 86Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2017)
- 37Filings 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockaway
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Rockaway, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 86 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 6.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027044300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027044300?
Census tract 34027044300 in Rockaway scores 7.2/10 (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 34027044300?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027044300?
6.3% of residents in tract 34027044300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,589.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027044300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 24th, minority 48th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027044300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027044300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.69% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027044300 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027044300 compare to Rockaway overall?
Tract 34027044300 scores 7.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Rockaway at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockaway; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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