Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Paterson Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34031182600 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,052
Tract 34031182600 sits in Paterson eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 6,052. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,675
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$92,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paterson and the region
Centroid at 40.9034, -74.1378 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paterson scores 7.8
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
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,664 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 Paterson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 0%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)
- 578Total filings over 5 yrs
- 13.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2013)
- 80Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 25.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.2%Food insecurity
- 18.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 20.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paterson
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 30.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 25.0% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 578 filings here across 5 tracked years. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. The worst year on record was 2013, when 18.1% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bergen Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 13.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031182600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031182600?
Census tract 34031182600 in Paterson 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 34031182600?
Median gross rent is $1,664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031182600?
13.5% of residents in tract 34031182600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031182600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 72th, minority 97th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031182600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 578 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031182600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.80% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031182600 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.0% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031182600 compare to Paterson overall?
Tract 34031182600 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q8
Was tract 34031182600 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.
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