Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Park Eviction Risk: High , Passaic
Tract 34031175402 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 34031175402 sits in the Garfield Park area of Passaic eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. It is home to 3,717 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share91.5%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$38,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Passaic and the region
Centroid at 40.8628, -74.1226 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Park scores 9.3
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
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,032 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 1,252Total filings over 5 yrs
- 20.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.5%Peak (2018)
- 272Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% 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.
- 35.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.2%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 37.8%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Park
Adults with no health insurance runs 37.8% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 2.6 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7.
92% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Housing insecurity runs 35.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $1,032 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Passaic commands. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,252 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2018 at 22.5% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031175402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175402?
Census tract 34031175402 in the Garfield Park neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 34031175402?
Median gross rent is $1,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175402?
30.4% of residents in tract 34031175402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 94th, minority 97th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 34031175402 considered part of Garfield Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031175402 fall within Garfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031175402?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,252 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031175402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.43% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031175402 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.0% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031175402 compare to Passaic overall?
Tract 34031175402 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of Passaic at 7.9/10. 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.
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