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Neighborhood · Ranked #458 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson

Tract 34031180600 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,857 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 34031180600 sits in the Riverside neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey. It has a population of 4,857 and an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). 68% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 36% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,586/month against a median household income of $45,819 — roughly 42% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 24% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,489
Renter share76.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$45,819

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
88 th percentile
Rank — 88th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 18 tracts In Riverside
High
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank — 74th percentileBottomTop
#11 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank — 86th percentileBottomTop
#18 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank — 94th percentileBottomTop
#125 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9293, -74.1770 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside 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
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,586 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.87.8This tracttract 180600Paterson: 7.77.7Patersonparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.66.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 925Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 20.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.8%Peak (2018)
  • 202Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 — 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311806002013: 176 filings (18.03/100 renter HHs)2014: 190 filings (19.47/100 renter HHs)2015: 176 filings (18.03/100 renter HHs)2016: 181 filings (21.32/100 renter HHs)2018: 202 filings (23.79/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031180600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031180600?

Census tract 34031180600 in the Riverside neighborhood 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.

Q2

What is the average rent in tract 34031180600?

Median gross rent is $1,586/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031180600?

28.0% of residents in tract 34031180600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,857.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031180600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 81th, minority 93th, housing 72th.

Q5

Is tract 34031180600 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031180600 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031180600?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 925 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031180600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.13% of renter households, peaking at 23.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 34031180600 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.0% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 34031180600 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031180600 scores 7.8/10 — right in line with the parent city of Paterson at 7.7/10. 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.

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