Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Rossville Eviction Risk: High , Carteret
Tract 34023003802 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,247 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
34023003802 is a census tract in the Rossville area of Carteret, NJ. It scores 8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,247 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,579
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$65,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carteret and the region
Centroid at 40.5705, -74.2237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rossville scores 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
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,995 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Rossville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
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.
- 25.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.1%Food insecurity
- 23.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.7%Transit barriers
- 19.0%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rossville
Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $65,938, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 32.1% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 25.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 50% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
Running hot, economic stress reads 7.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003802?
Census tract 34023003802 in the Rossville neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 34023003802?
Median gross rent is $1,995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003802?
29.4% of residents in tract 34023003802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,247.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 95th, minority 89th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 34023003802 considered part of Rossville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023003802 fall within Rossville (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023003802 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.7% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023003802 compare to Carteret overall?
Tract 34023003802 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Carteret at 6.6/10. 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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