Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Clifton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34031124321 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,621
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 34031124321 in Clifton, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,621 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units3,082
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$135,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clifton and the region
Centroid at 40.8655, -74.1639 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clifton scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clifton
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,544 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clifton
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clifton
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clifton
5.8
How Clifton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 305Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2018)
- 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 119% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clifton
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.
It sits 1.5 points below the Passaic County average of 6.7. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 305 filings here across 5 tracked years. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,544, 10% below the Clifton average. Filings peaked in 2018 at 12.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031124321
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124321?
Census tract 34031124321 in Clifton scores 5.2/10 (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 34031124321?
Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124321?
4.6% of residents in tract 34031124321 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,621.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124321?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 33th, minority 41th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124321?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 305 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124321 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031124321 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031124321 compare to Clifton overall?
Tract 34031124321 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Clifton at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clifton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clifton
Top eight tracts in Clifton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34031125100
8
/ 10 · High
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34031124601
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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34031124900
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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34031124323
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
34031124500
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NJ
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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34031124602
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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34031125000
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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