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Hoffman Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , Packanack Lake

Tract 34031246203 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 3,694 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 34031246203 runs through Hoffman Grove in Packanack Lake. With 3,694 residents, it scores 6.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 100% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $139,279 a year. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 0% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share3.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate0.3%
Median income$139,279

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Hoffman Grove
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Packanack Lake
Very Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#118 of 120 tracts In Passaic County
Very Low
Within state
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#2,066 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Packanack Lake and the region

Centroid at 40.9214, -74.2558 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hoffman Grove scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
0.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Packanack Lake
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Packanack Lake
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Packanack Lake
2.6

How Hoffman Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hoffman Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 246203Packanack Lake: 7.17.1Packanack Lakeparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 14Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 6.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.7%Peak (2016)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340312462032013: 1 filings (0.95/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (3.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (21.74/100 renter HHs)2018: 1 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hoffman Grove. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hoffman Grove

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty 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 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% 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 34031246203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246203?

Census tract 34031246203 in the Hoffman Grove neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 34031246203?

0.3% of residents in tract 34031246203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,694.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 85th, minority 39th, housing 9th.
Q4

Is tract 34031246203 considered part of Hoffman Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246203 fall within Hoffman Grove (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246203?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.74% of renter households, peaking at 21.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34031246203 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34031246203 compare to Packanack Lake overall?

Tract 34031246203 scores 1.2/10, 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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