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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Skylands Eviction Risk: Lower , Ringwood

Tract 34031216701 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 5,952 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

34031216701 is a census tract in the Skylands area of Ringwood, NJ. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,952. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 80% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 0% Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units2,102
Renter share2.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$138,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Skylands
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ringwood
Very High
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#118 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very Low
Within state
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#2,115 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ringwood and the region

Centroid at 41.1203, -74.2553 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skylands scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ringwood
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,221 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ringwood
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ringwood
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ringwood
5.4

How Skylands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Skylands risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 2167014.4Ringwoodparent city6.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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)

  • 17Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 3.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.8%Peak (2015)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34031216701
Filings dropped 67% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Skylands

Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.7 points. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $2,221, 27% above the Ringwood average.

SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 17 evictions over 5 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 2% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 34031216701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031216701?

Census tract 34031216701 in the Skylands neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 34031216701?

Median gross rent is $2,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34031216701?

2.3% of residents in tract 34031216701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,952.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031216701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 13th, minority 24th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 34031216701 considered part of Skylands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031216701 fall within Skylands (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031216701?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031216701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.92% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34031216701 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34031216701 compare to Ringwood overall?

Tract 34031216701 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Ringwood at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ringwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ringwood

Top eight tracts in Ringwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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