Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Whispering Pines Eviction Risk: Elevated , Old Bridge
Tract 34023007801 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,011 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 34023007801 sits in the Whispering Pines area of Old Bridge eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. Population here is 3,011. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,634
Renter share80.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$83,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Old Bridge and the region
Centroid at 40.4167, -74.3268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whispering Pines scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Old Bridge
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,532 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Old Bridge
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Old Bridge
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Old Bridge
4.9
How Whispering Pines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 270Total filings over 1 yrs
- 23.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.1%Peak (2015)
- 270Filings 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whispering Pines
This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.
38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Middlesex County average of 44.9%. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 270 evictions over 1 years of observation. It sits 0.9 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 23.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 23.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023007801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023007801?
Census tract 34023007801 in the Whispering Pines neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 34023007801?
Median gross rent is $1,532/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023007801?
9.4% of residents in tract 34023007801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,011.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023007801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 64th, minority 61th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 34023007801 considered part of Whispering Pines?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023007801 fall within Whispering Pines (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023007801?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 270 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023007801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.08% of renter households, peaking at 23.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023007801 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023007801 compare to Old Bridge overall?
Tract 34023007801 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Old Bridge at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Old Bridge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
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