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Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Clifton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34031124500 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 7,313

Census tract 34031124500 covers part of Clifton, NJ, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,313 residents. Severe burden reaches 53%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 23% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,682
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$63,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 18 tracts In Clifton
High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Moderate
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#743 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#14,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clifton and the region

Centroid at 40.8659, -74.1502 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clifton scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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.
Clifton risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 1245006.6Cliftonparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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)

  • 219Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.9%Peak (2018)
  • 50Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34031124500
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clifton

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Passaic County average of 49.2%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $63,938 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 219 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2018 at 3.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Passaic County average of 6.7 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031124500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124500?

Census tract 34031124500 in Clifton scores 6.7/10 (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 34031124500?

Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124500?

7.6% of residents in tract 34031124500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,313.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 91th, minority 77th, housing 81th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031124500 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031124500 compare to Clifton overall?

Tract 34031124500 scores 6.7/10, right in line with 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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