Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Raritan Gardens Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Brunswick
Tract 34023001300 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
34023001300 is a census tract in the Raritan Gardens area of Highland Park, NJ. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,742
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$114,434
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region
Centroid at 40.4938, -74.4277 · click any tract to drill in
Why Raritan Gardens scores 6.3
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,710 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 91Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2015)
- 91Filings 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 3.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Raritan Gardens
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 3.8% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 91 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.9% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,710, 9% below the Highland Park average. In a typical year about 10.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $114,434, annual rent is just 18%.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001300?
Census tract 34023001300 in the Raritan Gardens neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 34023001300?
Median gross rent is $1,710/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001300?
4.6% of residents in tract 34023001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,234.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 29th, minority 51th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001300 considered part of Raritan Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001300 fall within Raritan Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.90% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001300 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001300 compare to New Brunswick overall?
Tract 34023001300 scores 6.3/10, 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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