Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally
Freehold Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34025811000 · Monmouth County, NJ · pop 3,969
Tract 34025811000, home to 3,969 residents in Freehold, scores 7.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 98% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,797 monthly, set against $68,704 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,196
Renter share61.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate25.0%
Median income$68,704
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Freehold and the region
Centroid at 40.2618, -74.2833 · click any tract to drill in
Why Freehold scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Freehold
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
25.0% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,797 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Freehold
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Freehold
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Freehold
7.2
How Freehold compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 45Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2018)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 22.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Freehold
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Freehold, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Monmouth County average of 6.3 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 20.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 34025811000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34025811000?
Census tract 34025811000 in Freehold scores 7.6/10 (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 34025811000?
Median gross rent is $1,797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34025811000?
25.0% of residents in tract 34025811000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,969.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34025811000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 73th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34025811000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34025811000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.17% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34025811000 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34025811000 compare to Freehold overall?
Tract 34025811000 scores 7.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Freehold at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Freehold; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Freehold
Top eight tracts in Freehold ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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