Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Carteret Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34023003601 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 7,654
Tract 34023003601 sits in Carteret eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. It is home to 7,654 residents. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Middlesex County average of 44.9%.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,510
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$89,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5816, -74.2204 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carteret scores 7
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,061 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carteret
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,061, close to the Carteret average.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $89,167. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003601?
Census tract 34023003601 in Carteret scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 34023003601?
Median gross rent is $2,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003601?
7.9% of residents in tract 34023003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,654.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 81th, minority 86th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34023003601 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34023003601 compare to Carteret overall?
Tract 34023003601 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Carteret at 6.6/10. 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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