Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,339 of 84,120 nationally
New Brunswick Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34023005602 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,732
Census tract 34023005602 covers part of New Brunswick, NJ, and scores 9.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,732. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Middlesex County average of 44.9%.
Risk score
9.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,710
Renter share74.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$69,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region
Centroid at 40.4875, -74.4518 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Brunswick scores 9.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Brunswick
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,773 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Brunswick
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Brunswick
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Brunswick
8.7
How New Brunswick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 122Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2015)
- 122Filings 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.
- 33.7%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.3%Food insecurity
- 27.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.5%Transit barriers
- 38.2%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Brunswick
Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 4.0 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 38.2% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10.
This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 122 eviction filings across 1 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023005602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023005602?
Census tract 34023005602 in New Brunswick scores 9.7/10 (High 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 34023005602?
Median gross rent is $1,773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023005602?
24.6% of residents in tract 34023005602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,732.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023005602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 63th, minority 89th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023005602?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023005602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.59% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023005602 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.7% 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. 18.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023005602 compare to New Brunswick overall?
Tract 34023005602 scores 9.7/10, higher than the parent city of New Brunswick at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Brunswick eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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