Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Madison Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34027042900 · Morris County, NJ · pop 3,762
Tract 34027042900 sits in Madison, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It is home to 3,762 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,458
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$129,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 40.7684, -74.4151 · click any tract to drill in
Why Madison scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Madison
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,016 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison
4.0
How Madison compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 39Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2018)
- 21Filings in 2018 (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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Madison
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Morris County average of 40.8%. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 39 filings here across 2 tracked years. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. At $2,016 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Madison commands.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027042900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027042900?
Census tract 34027042900 in Madison scores 6.1/10 (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 34027042900?
Median gross rent is $2,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027042900?
3.9% of residents in tract 34027042900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,762.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027042900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 65th, minority 38th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027042900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027042900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027042900 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027042900 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 34027042900 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Madison at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Madison
Top eight tracts in Madison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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