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Census Tract · Ranked #2,339 of 84,120 nationally

New Brunswick Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34023005700 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,191

Census tract 34023005700 covers part of New Brunswick, NJ, and scores 9.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,191. It sits 4.0 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7.

Risk score
9.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 32% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,784
Renter share58.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$52,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 11 tracts In New Brunswick
Moderate
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,339 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region

Centroid at 40.4797, -74.4492 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Brunswick scores 9.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,736 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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.
New Brunswick risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.7This tracttract 0057008.3New Brunswickparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

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)

  • 71Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 6.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2015)
  • 71Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Brunswick

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $52,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

SNAP participation runs 26.8% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 1 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34023005700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023005700?

Census tract 34023005700 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 34023005700?

Median gross rent is $1,736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023005700?

30.7% of residents in tract 34023005700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,191.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023005700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 83th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023005700?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023005700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.51% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34023005700 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.9% 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. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34023005700 compare to New Brunswick overall?

Tract 34023005700 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Brunswick

Top eight tracts in New Brunswick ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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