Census Tract · Ranked #434 of 84,120 nationally

Passaic Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34031175502 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,411

Census tract 34031175502 covers Passaic, home to 3,411 residents. For landlords it grades 7.9/10, an elevated reading. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,634 a month while the average household earns $46,571 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 16% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units901

Renter share62.4%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate34.9%

Median income$46,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Passaic and the region

Centroid at 40.8673, -74.1384 · click any tract to drill in

Why Passaic scores 9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

34.9% poverty · this tract

8.7

Supply constraint

$1,634 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 Passaic compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

100%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

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.

39.1%Housing insecurity
24.2%Utility-shutoff threat
51.6%Food insecurity
38.7%SNAP enrollment
23.1%Transit barriers
36.6%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
41.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Passaic

What moves this score most 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 39.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 34031175502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031175502?

Census tract 34031175502 in Passaic scores 9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34031175502?

Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031175502?

34.9% of residents in tract 34031175502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,411.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031175502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 90th, minority 97th, housing 77th.

What share of households in tract 34031175502 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.1% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34031175502 compare to Passaic overall?

Tract 34031175502 scores 9/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Passaic

Top eight tracts in Passaic ranked by composite eviction-risk score.