Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Packanack Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031246103 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,584 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 34031246103 belongs to Packanack Lake in Packanack Lake, New Jersey. It is home to 6,584 residents and scores 6.7/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,153 monthly, set against $165,579 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,066
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$165,579
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Packanack Lake and the region
Centroid at 40.9399, -74.2397 · click any tract to drill in
Why Packanack Lake scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Packanack Lake
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,153 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Packanack Lake
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Packanack Lake
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Packanack Lake
4.5
How Packanack Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 249Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.1%Peak (2014)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Packanack Lake. 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Packanack Lake
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Packanack Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Passaic County average of 6.9 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 249 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 16.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.1% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031246103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246103?
Census tract 34031246103 in the Packanack Lake neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 34031246103?
Median gross rent is $2,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246103?
1.0% of residents in tract 34031246103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 41th, minority 34th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 34031246103 considered part of Packanack Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246103 fall within Packanack Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246103?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.99% of renter households, peaking at 19.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031246103 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031246103 compare to Packanack Lake overall?
Tract 34031246103 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Packanack Lake at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Packanack Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Packanack Lake
Top eight tracts in Packanack Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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