Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,816 of 84,120 nationally
Raritan Gardens Eviction Risk: High , New Brunswick
Tract 34023009300 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,866 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
For landlords sizing up the Raritan Gardens area of New Brunswick, census tract 34023009300 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.9/10. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,310 monthly, set against $90,865 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 94% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 58%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units2,611
Renter share93.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate37.6%
Median income$90,865
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Brunswick and the region
Centroid at 40.4934, -74.4404 · click any tract to drill in
Why Raritan Gardens scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
37.6% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$2,310 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Raritan Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 145Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2015)
- 145Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Raritan Gardens. 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.
- 21.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.3%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 19.9%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Raritan Gardens
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from New Brunswick eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 145 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 7.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.1% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023009300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023009300?
Census tract 34023009300 in the Raritan Gardens neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 34023009300?
Median gross rent is $2,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023009300?
37.6% of residents in tract 34023009300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023009300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 65th, minority 79th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 34023009300 considered part of Raritan Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023009300 fall within Raritan Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023009300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023009300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.14% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023009300 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.9% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023009300 compare to New Brunswick overall?
Tract 34023009300 scores 8.1/10, right in line with the parent city of New Brunswick at 8/10. 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.
Tract · NJ
Raritan Gardens
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34023005500
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34023005200
9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34023005700
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Raritan Gardens
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34023005100
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34023005300
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34023005602
8.2
/ 10 · High
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