Within neighborhood
65
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,292 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: High , Paterson
Tract 34031181000 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,947 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Riverside area of Paterson anchors census tract 34031181000, which lands at 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,439 monthly, set against $64,009 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 69% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,675
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$64,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9363, -74.1467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Riverside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 6%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)
- 399Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2018)
- 102Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 31.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.5%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 17.1%Transit barriers
- 33.6%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Paterson 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 31.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 399 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 7.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.4% of renter households in 2018.
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 34031181000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181000?
Census tract 34031181000 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (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 34031181000?
Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181000?
26.0% of residents in tract 34031181000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 80th, minority 93th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 34031181000 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181000 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 399 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.46% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031181000 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.5% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031181000 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031181000 scores 8.4/10, lower than the parent city of Paterson at 8.9/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 34031181000 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 Paterson
Top eight tracts in Paterson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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34031182800
9.4
/ 10 · Very High
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34031183200
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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34031182200
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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34031264200
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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34031181702
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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