Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Packanack Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34031246201 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 6,569 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 34031246201 covers the Packanack Lake area of Packanack Lake in New Jersey. Home to 6,569 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #45,899 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
4% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $183,285 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,091
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate0.5%
Median income$183,285
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Packanack Lake and the region
Centroid at 40.9571, -74.2634 · click any tract to drill in
Why Packanack Lake scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Packanack Lake
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Packanack Lake
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Packanack Lake
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Packanack Lake
5.0
How Packanack Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 13Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.8%Peak (2013)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 21.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Packanack Lake
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 well below the Passaic County average of 6.9 and below 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 13 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 7.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.8% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34031246201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246201?
Census tract 34031246201 in the Packanack Lake neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34031246201?
0.5% of residents in tract 34031246201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,569.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 38th, minority 30th, housing 12th.
Q4
Is tract 34031246201 considered part of Packanack Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246201 fall within Packanack Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246201?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34031246201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.60% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34031246201 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34031246201 compare to Packanack Lake overall?
Tract 34031246201 scores 2.3/10, 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.
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