Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Charleston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023003401 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,031 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 34023003401 in the Charleston area of Sewaren, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,031. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$107,230
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5565, -74.2482 · click any tract to drill in
Why Charleston scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Perth Amboy
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,391 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perth Amboy
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perth Amboy
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perth Amboy
2.8
How Charleston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 19Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Charleston. 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Charleston
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points. The filing record is not thin: 19 evictions over 1 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $107,230, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003401?
Census tract 34023003401 in the Charleston neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 34023003401?
Median gross rent is $1,391/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003401?
4.3% of residents in tract 34023003401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,031.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 75th, minority 69th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 34023003401 considered part of Charleston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023003401 fall within Charleston (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023003401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023003401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.63% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023003401 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023003401 compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Tract 34023003401 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Perth Amboy at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perth Amboy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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