Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Woodbridge Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34023002902 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 2,996 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 34023002902 covers part of the Woodbridge area of Woodbridge, NJ, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,996 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$84,201
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woodbridge and the region
Centroid at 40.5566, -74.2793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodbridge scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woodbridge
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,923 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woodbridge
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woodbridge
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woodbridge
4.5
How Woodbridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 40Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2015)
- 40Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Woodbridge. 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodbridge
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
It sits 1.4 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Court records carry 40 eviction filings across 1 observed years. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Middlesex County average of 44.9%.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.6% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,923, 8% below the Woodbridge average.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 34023002902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002902?
Census tract 34023002902 in the Woodbridge neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 34023002902?
Median gross rent is $1,923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023002902?
8.5% of residents in tract 34023002902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023002902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 97th, minority 72th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 34023002902 considered part of Woodbridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023002902 fall within Woodbridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023002902?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023002902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023002902 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023002902 compare to Woodbridge overall?
Tract 34023002902 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Woodbridge at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woodbridge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woodbridge
Top eight tracts in Woodbridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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