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Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Carteret Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34023003801 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,782

Census tract 34023003801 covers part of Carteret, NJ, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,782. Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,835
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$92,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Carteret
Very Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#53 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
Elevated
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#849 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#16,032 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Carteret and the region

Centroid at 40.5777, -74.2339 · click any tract to drill in

Why Carteret scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,291 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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.
Carteret risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.4This tracttract 0038016.6Carteretparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Carteret

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $2,291, 13% above the Carteret average.

It sits 0.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $92,750.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34023003801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003801?

Census tract 34023003801 in Carteret scores 6.4/10 (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 34023003801?

Median gross rent is $2,291/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003801?

1.9% of residents in tract 34023003801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,782.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 53th, minority 82th, housing 44th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 34023003801 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 34023003801 compare to Carteret overall?

Tract 34023003801 scores 6.4/10, 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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