Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Carteret Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34023003700 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,854
34023003700 is a census tract in Carteret, NJ. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,854. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
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
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5860, -74.2312 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carteret scores 6.5
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
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,665, 18% below the Carteret average.
Court records carry 45 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2015, when 11.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 11.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003700?
Census tract 34023003700 in Carteret scores 6.5/10 (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 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 6.5/10, right in line with 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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