Paterson Eviction Risk: High

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Passaic County average of 49.2%. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Passaic County average of 6.7. Food insecurity runs 29.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 24.5% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,628, close to the Paterson average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.