Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Preakness Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34031246101 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,567 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 34031246101 sits in the Preakness area of Preakness, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It is home to 6,567 residents. Against Passaic County at 49.2%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,328
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$159,839
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preakness and the region
Centroid at 40.9387, -74.2142 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preakness scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Preakness
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,961 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Preakness
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Preakness
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Preakness
4.5
How Preakness compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 62Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2015)
- 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Preakness. 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 21.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Preakness
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. It sits 2.2 points below the Passaic County average of 6.7. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 3.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 62 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 3.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $159,839, annual rent is just 15%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031246101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246101?
Census tract 34031246101 in the Preakness neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 34031246101?
Median gross rent is $1,961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246101?
2.6% of residents in tract 34031246101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,567.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 14th, minority 38th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 34031246101 considered part of Preakness?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246101 fall within Preakness (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031246101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031246101 compare to Preakness overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Preakness
Top eight tracts in Preakness ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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