Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sayreville
Tract 34023007301 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,307 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
34023007301 is a census tract in the Laurel Park area of Sayreville, NJ. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,307. 100% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units976
Renter share1.9%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$137,600
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sayreville and the region
Centroid at 40.4586, -74.3230 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel Park scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sayreville
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sayreville
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sayreville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sayreville
4.5
How Laurel Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 3Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurel Park
Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 100% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 3 evictions over 1 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023007301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023007301?
Census tract 34023007301 in the Laurel Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34023007301?
4.8% of residents in tract 34023007301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,307.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023007301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 27th, minority 50th, housing 10th.
Q4
Is tract 34023007301 considered part of Laurel Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023007301 fall within Laurel Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023007301?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023007301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.76% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023007301 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023007301 compare to Sayreville overall?
Tract 34023007301 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Sayreville at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sayreville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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