Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #342 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: High , Passaic
Tract 34031175200 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,719 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
In the Garfield Park neighborhood of Passaic, census tract 34031175200 scores 7.8/10 for eviction risk. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,342 a month against an average household income of $44,066 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 98% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,499
Renter share98.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate32.4%
Median income$44,066
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Passaic and the region
Centroid at 40.8679, -74.1146 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Passaic
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
32.4% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,342 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Passaic
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Passaic
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Passaic
8.1
How Garfield Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,500Total filings over 5 yrs
- 20.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.9%Peak (2016)
- 285Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Garfield Park. 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.
- 39.9%Housing insecurity
- 22.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.8%Food insecurity
- 37.2%SNAP enrollment
- 23.0%Transit barriers
- 43.7%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Passaic eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Passaic County average of 6.9 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 39.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,500 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 20.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.9% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031175200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175200?
Census tract 34031175200 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 34031175200?
Median gross rent is $1,342/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175200?
32.4% of residents in tract 34031175200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,719.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 83th, minority 99th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 34031175200 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031175200 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031175200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,500 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031175200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.62% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031175200 struggle to pay rent?
About 39.9% 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. 22.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031175200 compare to Passaic overall?
Tract 34031175200 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Passaic at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Passaic eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34031175200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Passaic
Top eight tracts in Passaic ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34031175502
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34031175804
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175803
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Garfield Park
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175401
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34031175501
8.4
/ 10 · High
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