Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Clifton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34031124601 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,350
Tract 34031124601 sits in Clifton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 4,350 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,573
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$74,175
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clifton and the region
Centroid at 40.8859, -74.1618 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clifton scores 6.8
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 129Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2013)
- 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 17.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.3%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 19.3%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clifton
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.2% across Passaic County. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. At $1,445 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Clifton commands. Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Passaic County average of 6.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031124601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031124601?
Census tract 34031124601 in Clifton scores 6.8/10 (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 34031124601?
Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031124601?
11.9% of residents in tract 34031124601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,350.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031124601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 93th, minority 70th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031124601?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031124601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031124601 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.7% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031124601 compare to Clifton overall?
Tract 34031124601 scores 6.8/10, 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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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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