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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: High , Paterson

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

34031181200 is a census tract in the Riverside area of Paterson, NJ. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,006. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
9.1
High
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
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#27 of 40 tracts In Paterson
Low
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#166 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very 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 9.1

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 / state9.1This tracttract 1812007.9Patersonparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg 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 34031181200
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 dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. It sits 2.4 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.6% against 11.3% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,185 filings here across 5 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2015, when 24.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 22.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031181200

Q1

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

Census tract 34031181200 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 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 9.1/10, higher than 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.

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