Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34025800102 · Monmouth County, NJ · pop 1,158
Census tract 34025800102 covers part of Highlands, NJ, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,158 residents. 57% 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
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units811
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$90,854
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highlands and the region
Centroid at 40.3940, -73.9851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlands scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highlands
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,908 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highlands
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highlands
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highlands
5.8
How Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlands
59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Monmouth County average of 47.3%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Monmouth County average of 5.7.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,908, 15% above the Highlands average.
Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $90,854.
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 34025800102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34025800102?
Census tract 34025800102 in Highlands scores 7.4/10 (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 34025800102?
Median gross rent is $1,908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34025800102?
13.8% of residents in tract 34025800102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,158.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34025800102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 25th, minority 18th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 34025800102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 34025800102 compare to Highlands overall?
Tract 34025800102 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Highlands at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highlands; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Highlands
Top eight tracts in Highlands ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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