Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Madison Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34027043000 · Morris County, NJ · pop 4,503
Tract 34027043000 sits in Madison, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. Population here is 4,503. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,707
Renter share36.6%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$156,461
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 40.7582, -74.4058 · click any tract to drill in
Why Madison scores 5.9
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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,293 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 24Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2017)
- 8Filings 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Madison
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally. Against Morris County at 40.8%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $156,461, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34027043000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027043000?
Census tract 34027043000 in Madison scores 5.9/10 (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 34027043000?
Median gross rent is $2,293/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34027043000?
2.1% of residents in tract 34027043000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,503.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34027043000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 22th, minority 45th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027043000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027043000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.09% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34027043000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34027043000 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 34027043000 scores 5.9/10, 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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