Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Greentree Eviction Risk: Moderate , Spotswood
Tract 34023008101 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,232 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
34023008101 is a census tract in the Greentree area of Spotswood, NJ. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,232 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,868
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$84,479
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spotswood and the region
Centroid at 40.3936, -74.3887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greentree scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spotswood
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,327 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spotswood
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spotswood
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spotswood
5.3
How Greentree compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 55Total filings over 1 yrs
- 17.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2015)
- 55Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greentree. 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greentree
Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,327, 23% above the Spotswood average.
It sits 0.9 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 55 filings here across 1 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 17.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 17.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 14% 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023008101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023008101?
Census tract 34023008101 in the Greentree neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 34023008101?
Median gross rent is $1,327/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023008101?
4.9% of residents in tract 34023008101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,232.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023008101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 59th, minority 45th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 34023008101 considered part of Greentree?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023008101 fall within Greentree (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023008101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023008101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.80% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023008101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023008101 compare to Spotswood overall?
Tract 34023008101 scores 4.8/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spotswood
Top eight tracts in Spotswood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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