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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paterson

Tract 34031181200 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,006 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 34031181200 covers the Riverside area of Paterson in New Jersey. Home to 5,006 residents, it scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 98% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,603 a month while the average household earns $70,547 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 41% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,407
Renter share78.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$70,547

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#11 of 18 tracts In Riverside
Moderate
Within parent city
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Low
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paterson and the region

Centroid at 40.9243, -74.1500 · 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
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,603 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 181200Paterson: 8.98.9Patersonparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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)

  • 1,185Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 22.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.5%Peak (2015)
  • 223Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340311812002013: 236 filings (22.85/100 renter HHs)2014: 227 filings (21.97/100 renter HHs)2015: 253 filings (24.49/100 renter HHs)2016: 246 filings (23.08/100 renter HHs)2018: 223 filings (20.92/100 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside

The heaviest input here 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 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 28.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,185 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 22.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.5% of renter households in 2015.

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 34031181200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031181200?

Census tract 34031181200 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 34031181200?

Median gross rent is $1,603/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031181200?

19.7% of residents in tract 34031181200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,006.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031181200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 78th, minority 99th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 34031181200 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031181200 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031181200?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,185 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031181200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.66% of renter households, peaking at 24.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34031181200 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.9% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34031181200 compare to Paterson overall?

Tract 34031181200 scores 7.8/10, 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.

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