Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Sleepy Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Milford
Tract 34019010600 · Hunterdon County, NJ · pop 6,071 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Here is how census tract 34019010600, in the Sleepy Heights area of Milford, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 6,071. On the national scale it ranks #48,887 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $139,872 a year. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,347
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$139,872
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford and the region
Centroid at 40.5945, -75.0266 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sleepy Heights scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milford
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milford
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milford
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milford
4.8
How Sleepy Heights 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.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sleepy Heights
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milford, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hunterdon County average of 5.5 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34019010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34019010600?
Census tract 34019010600 in the Sleepy Heights neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 34019010600?
6.0% of residents in tract 34019010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,071.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34019010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 20th, minority 18th, housing 26th.
Q4
Is tract 34019010600 considered part of Sleepy Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34019010600 fall within Sleepy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 34019010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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.
Q6
How does tract 34019010600 compare to Milford overall?
Tract 34019010600 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Milford at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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