Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34023001100 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,100
Tract 34023001100, home to 5,100 residents in Highland Park in Middlesex County, scores 6.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,953 a month while the average household earns $117,361 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,488
Renter share64.4%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$117,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Park and the region
Centroid at 40.5046, -74.4348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Park scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highland Park
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,953 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Park
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Park
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Park
4.7
How Highland Park 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.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 125Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2015)
- 125Filings 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 17.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Highland Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 39th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001100?
Census tract 34023001100 in Highland Park scores 4.7/10 (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 34023001100?
Median gross rent is $1,953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001100?
7.7% of residents in tract 34023001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 10th, minority 71th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.18% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023001100 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023001100 compare to Highland Park overall?
Tract 34023001100 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Highland Park at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Highland Park
Top eight tracts in Highland Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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