Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Pompton Junction Eviction Risk: Lower , Pompton Lakes
Tract 34031196401 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,267 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 34031196401 in the Pompton Junction area of Pompton Lakes, NJ reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 49.2% across Passaic County.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,293
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$145,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pompton Lakes and the region
Centroid at 40.9887, -74.2885 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pompton Junction scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pompton Lakes
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$3,134 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pompton Lakes
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pompton Lakes
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pompton Lakes
3.8
How Pompton Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
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)
- 30Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2018)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pompton Junction
Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.2 points. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.
Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $3,134, 70% above the Pompton Lakes average.
The voucher gap is 51.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.6/10.
Court records carry 30 eviction filings across 5 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 10.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031196401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031196401?
Census tract 34031196401 in the Pompton Junction neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 34031196401?
Median gross rent is $3,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031196401?
13.8% of residents in tract 34031196401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,267.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031196401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 47th, minority 40th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 34031196401 considered part of Pompton Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031196401 fall within Pompton Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031196401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031196401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.84% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031196401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031196401 compare to Pompton Lakes overall?
Tract 34031196401 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Pompton Lakes at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pompton Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pompton Lakes
Top eight tracts in Pompton Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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