Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Raritan Gardens Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Brunswick
Tract 34023001200 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,662 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 34023001200 covers part of the Raritan Gardens area of Highland Park, NJ, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units2,288
Renter share67.7%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$91,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region
Centroid at 40.5006, -74.4182 · click any tract to drill in
Why Raritan Gardens scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Brunswick
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,924 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Brunswick
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Brunswick
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Brunswick
4.7
How Raritan Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 109Total filings over 1 yrs
- 8.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.5%Peak (2015)
- 109Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Raritan Gardens. 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Raritan Gardens
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. It sits 2.2 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10.
68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 109 eviction filings across 1 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
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 34023001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001200?
Census tract 34023001200 in the Raritan Gardens neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 34023001200?
Median gross rent is $1,924/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001200?
14.1% of residents in tract 34023001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,662.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 47th, minority 65th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001200 considered part of Raritan Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001200 fall within Raritan Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.50% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001200 compare to New Brunswick overall?
Tract 34023001200 scores 7.9/10, lower than the parent city of New Brunswick at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Brunswick eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in New Brunswick
Top eight tracts in New Brunswick ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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