Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Carteret Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34023003500 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,624
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34023003500 (Carteret, New Jersey) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 11% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,243 a month while the average household earns $95,443 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,259
Renter share9.5%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$95,443
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5909, -74.2448 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carteret scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carteret
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,243 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carteret
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carteret
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carteret
5.0
How Carteret compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 19Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carteret
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Carteret eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Middlesex County average of 6.4 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 19 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 60th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003500?
Census tract 34023003500 in Carteret scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 34023003500?
Median gross rent is $1,243/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003500?
12.0% of residents in tract 34023003500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,624.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 74th, minority 79th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023003500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023003500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.84% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023003500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023003500 compare to Carteret overall?
Tract 34023003500 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Carteret at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carteret eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Carteret
Top eight tracts in Carteret ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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