Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Totowa Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34031223801 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,077
Census tract 34031223801 covers part of Totowa, NJ, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,077. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units964
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$124,079
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Totowa and the region
Centroid at 40.9003, -74.2061 · click any tract to drill in
Why Totowa scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Totowa
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,900 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Totowa
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Totowa
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Totowa
4.6
How Totowa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 52Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2018)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Totowa
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Passaic County average of 6.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 52 evictions over 5 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 4.5% of renter households were served. At $1,900 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Totowa commands. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031223801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031223801?
Census tract 34031223801 in Totowa scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 34031223801?
Median gross rent is $1,900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031223801?
1.8% of residents in tract 34031223801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,077.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031223801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 72th, minority 55th, housing 2th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031223801?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031223801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031223801 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031223801 compare to Totowa overall?
Tract 34031223801 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Totowa at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Totowa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Totowa
Top eight tracts in Totowa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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