Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Paterson Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34031180101 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,398

Census tract 34031180101 covers part of Paterson, NJ, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,398 residents. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 11% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,246

Renter share26.6%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate10.4%

Median income$82,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9146, -74.1929 · click any tract to drill in

Why Paterson scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Paterson

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.8

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

10.4% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,849 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Paterson

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Paterson

7.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Paterson

7.5

How Paterson compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

82%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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.

19.7%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
24.4%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
10.3%Transit barriers
19.7%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Paterson

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.

At $1,849 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Paterson commands. It sits 1.1 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.7% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34031180101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031180101?

Census tract 34031180101 in Paterson scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34031180101?

Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031180101?

10.4% of residents in tract 34031180101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,398.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031180101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 60th, minority 92th, housing 30th.

What share of households in tract 34031180101 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.7% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34031180101 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031180101 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Paterson at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paterson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Paterson

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