Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Carteret Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34023003700 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,854
Census tract 34023003700 sits in Carteret eviction risk, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #11,159 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,665 a month against an average household income of $88,661 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,130
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$88,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5860, -74.2312 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carteret scores 4.5
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,665 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 45Total filings over 1 yrs
- 11.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2015)
- 45Filings 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carteret
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 45 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 11.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.1% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 61st 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003700?
Census tract 34023003700 in Carteret scores 4.5/10 (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 34023003700?
Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003700?
3.4% of residents in tract 34023003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,854.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 52th, minority 81th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023003700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.06% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023003700 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023003700 compare to Carteret overall?
Tract 34023003700 scores 4.5/10, 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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