Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Carteret Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34023003601 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 7,654
Carteret is where census tract 34023003601 sits, home to 7,654 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,061 a month while the average household earns $89,167 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,510
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$89,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5816, -74.2204 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carteret scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carteret
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,061 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carteret
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carteret
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carteret
5.0
How Carteret compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carteret
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Carteret 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 84th 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 34023003601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003601?
Census tract 34023003601 in Carteret scores 4.8/10 (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 34023003601?
Median gross rent is $2,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003601?
7.9% of residents in tract 34023003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,654.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 81th, minority 86th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34023003601 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34023003601 compare to Carteret overall?
Tract 34023003601 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Carteret at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carteret eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Carteret
Top eight tracts in Carteret ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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