Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Gillilandtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spotswood
Tract 34023006604 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 7,037 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34023006604 covers part of the Gillilandtown area of Middlesex County, NJ, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,037 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,834
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$107,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spotswood and the region
Centroid at 40.3921, -74.4167 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gillilandtown scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spotswood
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,153 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spotswood
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spotswood
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spotswood
5.0
How Gillilandtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 20Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2015)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Gillilandtown. 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gillilandtown
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 20 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most 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 34023006604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023006604?
Census tract 34023006604 in the Gillilandtown neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 34023006604?
Median gross rent is $2,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023006604?
6.9% of residents in tract 34023006604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,037.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023006604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 51th, minority 65th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 34023006604 considered part of Gillilandtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023006604 fall within Gillilandtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023006604?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023006604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023006604 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023006604 compare to Spotswood overall?
Tract 34023006604 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Spotswood at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spotswood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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