Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Hoffman Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , Packanack Lake
Tract 34031246300 · Passaic County, NJ · pop 4,648 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 34031246300 in Hoffman Grove in Packanack Lake ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,648 residents. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,206 a month while the average household earns $118,875 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,850
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$118,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Packanack Lake and the region
Centroid at 40.9104, -74.2642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hoffman Grove scores 2.8
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,206 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Hoffman Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 337Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2013)
- 61Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hoffman Grove
The score leans hardest on 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 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 337 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 9.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.9% of renter households in 2013.
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 34031246300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34031246300?
Census tract 34031246300 in the Hoffman Grove neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 34031246300?
Median gross rent is $2,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34031246300?
5.5% of residents in tract 34031246300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,648.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34031246300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 35th, minority 53th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 34031246300 considered part of Hoffman Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34031246300 fall within Hoffman Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34031246300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 337 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 34031246300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.48% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34031246300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34031246300 compare to Packanack Lake overall?
Tract 34031246300 scores 2.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 34031246300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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