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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Woodbridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34023003002 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,435 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 34023003002 in the Woodbridge area of Woodbridge, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,435. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 46% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units2,354
Renter share70.5%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$112,538

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Woodbridge
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Woodbridge
Moderate
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
Elevated
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#1,034 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Woodbridge and the region

Centroid at 40.5525, -74.3024 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodbridge scores 5.8

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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,158 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 / state5.8This tracttract 0030026.6Woodbridgeparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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)

  • 146Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 10.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.3%Peak (2015)
  • 146Filings 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

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.

71% 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. Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

SNAP participation runs 4.5% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 146 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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 34023003002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003002?

Census tract 34023003002 in the Woodbridge neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 34023003002?

Median gross rent is $2,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003002?

2.6% of residents in tract 34023003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,435.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 19th, minority 87th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 34023003002 considered part of Woodbridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023003002 fall within Woodbridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023003002?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.30% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34023003002 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34023003002 compare to Woodbridge overall?

Tract 34023003002 scores 5.8/10, lower 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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