Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson

Tract 34031181102 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,324 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 34031181102 belongs to the Riverside area of Paterson, New Jersey. It is home to 4,324 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #4,803 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,648 a month against an average household income of $77,872 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 28% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units1,220

Renter share52.3%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate5.2%

Median income$77,872

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9302, -74.1515 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 6.6

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

5.2% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,648 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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: 75

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

77%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

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.

25.7%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
30.8%Food insecurity
15.8%SNAP enrollment
12.7%Transit barriers
27.6%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
31.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

What moves this score most is 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 about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 75th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 25.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34031181102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181102?

Census tract 34031181102 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 34031181102?

Median gross rent is $1,648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181102?

5.2% of residents in tract 34031181102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,324.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 74th, minority 99th, housing 42th.

Is tract 34031181102 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181102 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 34031181102 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.7% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34031181102 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031181102 scores 6.6/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Paterson

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