Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Preakness Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031246104 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 2,827 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
In the Preakness area of Preakness, census tract 34031246104 scores 6.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $845 a month while the average household earns $116,667 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,154
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$116,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Preakness and the region
Centroid at 40.9175, -74.2323 · click any tract to drill in
Why Preakness scores 2.4
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 9Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2016)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Preakness
The heaviest input here is 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 Preakness, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% 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 34031246104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246104?
Census tract 34031246104 in the Preakness neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 34031246104?
Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246104?
6.4% of residents in tract 34031246104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 43th, minority 35th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 34031246104 considered part of Preakness?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246104 fall within Preakness (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246104?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34031246104 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.02% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031246104 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031246104 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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