2 census tracts · pop 7,376 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 5–5.2
Mill Pond spans 2 census tracts of Franklin Lakes, NJ and houses 7,376 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 51% against 34.4% citywide, putting Mill Pond 16.3% over its own city.
34% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
The voucher gap is 28.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10. At $2,660 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Franklin Lakes commands.
Food insecurity affects 5.8% of adults, 12.0 points below the national rate. Filings are well documented here: 86 across 2 observed tracts. Disability prevalence reaches 19.0% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.
On the high side is supply constraint at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 4.9% of renter households.
At 20% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.2 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mill Pond vs Franklin LakesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mill Pond
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
86Total filings (sum)
3.06%Avg annual filing rate
4.9%Peak year (2018)
3.18%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mill Pond
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.8%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility shutoff threat
5.8%Food insecurity
2.9%SNAP enrollment
5.4%No health insurance
19.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mill Pond
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mill Pond?
Mill Pond scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Mill Pond compare to Franklin Lakes overall?
Mill Pond scores 0.8 points lower than Franklin Lakes overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $2,660 vs $3,230.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mill Pond?
Average gross rent in Mill Pond is $2,660/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mill Pond residents are renters?
20% of Mill Pond households are renter-occupied (vs 11% in Franklin Lakes). The neighborhood has 7,376 residents.
Q5
Is Mill Pond a high social-vulnerability area?
Mill Pond sits in the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Mill Pond have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mill Pond is census tract 34003061200 (score 5.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5.2, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Mill Pond for landlords?
Mill Pond carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Franklin Lakes as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mill Pond?
Mill Pond has 7,399 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.2%), Hispanic / Latino (8.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.