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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Woodbridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34023002902 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 2,996 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 34023002902 covers the Woodbridge area of Woodbridge in New Jersey. Home to 2,996 residents, it scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,923 monthly, set against $84,201 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Woodbridge
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Woodbridge
Very High
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#38 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#775 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
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 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Woodbridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 002902Woodbridge: 7.77.7Woodbridgeparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodbridge

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Woodbridge eviction risk, 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 40 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2015.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 34023002902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002902?

Census tract 34023002902 in the Woodbridge neighborhood 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 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 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Woodbridge at 7.7/10. 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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