Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
The Gentry Eviction Risk: Moderate , Princeton Meadows
Tract 34023008602 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,019 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 34023008602 sits in the The Gentry area of Princeton eviction risk Meadows, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 6,019. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,346
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$134,184
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton Meadows and the region
Centroid at 40.3437, -74.5704 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Gentry scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Princeton Meadows
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,996 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton Meadows
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton Meadows
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton Meadows
2.9
How The Gentry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 48Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2015)
- 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Gentry. 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 14.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Gentry
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 2.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $134,184, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023008602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023008602?
Census tract 34023008602 in the The Gentry neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 34023008602?
Median gross rent is $1,996/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023008602?
1.3% of residents in tract 34023008602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,019.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023008602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 5th, minority 80th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 34023008602 considered part of The Gentry?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023008602 fall within The Gentry (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023008602?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023008602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.03% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023008602 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023008602 compare to Princeton Meadows overall?
Tract 34023008602 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Princeton Meadows at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton eviction risk Meadows; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Princeton Meadows
Top eight tracts in Princeton Meadows ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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