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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Edgebrook Eviction Risk: High , New Brunswick

Tract 34023006001 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 2,477 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 8.2/10, tract 34023006001 in the Edgebrook area of New Brunswick, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 26% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units846
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$94,744

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Edgebrook
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 11 tracts In New Brunswick
Very Low
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#357 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region

Centroid at 40.4816, -74.4054 · click any tract to drill in

Why Edgebrook scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Brunswick
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,672 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Brunswick
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Brunswick
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Brunswick
8.7

How Edgebrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Edgebrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.2This tracttract 0060018.3New Brunswickparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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)

  • 12Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2015)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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 Edgebrook

It sits 2.5 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 40% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County. Court records carry 12 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Average gross rent is $1,672, close to the New Brunswick average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $94,744.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34023006001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023006001?

Census tract 34023006001 in the Edgebrook neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 34023006001?

Median gross rent is $1,672/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023006001?

5.0% of residents in tract 34023006001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,477.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023006001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 51th, minority 73th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 34023006001 considered part of Edgebrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023006001 fall within Edgebrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023006001?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023006001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34023006001 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34023006001 compare to New Brunswick overall?

Tract 34023006001 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of New Brunswick at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Brunswick eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Brunswick

Top eight tracts in New Brunswick ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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