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Neighborhood · Franklin Lakes, NJ

Mill Pond Eviction Risk: Moderate

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 Lakes How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.7% +47%
Franklin Lakes: 34.4%
Average gross rent
$2,660 -18%
Franklin Lakes: $3,230
Average HH income
$182,204 -21%
Franklin Lakes: $230,987
Poverty rate
2.0% -38%
Franklin Lakes: 3.2%
Renter share
20.0% +80%
Franklin Lakes: 11.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mill Pond and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5–5.2

Why Mill Pond scores 5.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.2–6.8 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 6.8–8.5 across tracts
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–6.1 across tracts
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
20% renter households · Range 3.1–4.0 across tracts
3.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.4 across tracts
5.2
Economic stress
2.0% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.6–10.0 across tracts
7.1
Risk score comparison

Mill Pond vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Mill Pond score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.1Mill PondNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Mill Pond

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34003061200 5.2 3,308 40% $1,786
34003020100 5 4,068 59% $3,370
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 17

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 10%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 62%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 25%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.

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.
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