4 census tracts · pop 15,823 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 3.5–6.8
Iselin is a 4-tract suburb of Colonia, NJ and houses 15,823 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, Elevated tier. 62% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Colonia rate of 38.2%.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.5 to 6.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2.4/10. Court records carry 103 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,780, 13% below the Colonia average of $2,047. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 9.4% of renter households. Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $99,881. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Iselin vs ColoniaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Iselin
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
103Total filings (sum)
5.55%Avg annual filing rate
9.4%Peak year (2015)
5.55%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Iselin
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.1%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility shutoff threat
12.9%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
8.7%No health insurance
23.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Iselin
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Iselin?
Iselin scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Iselin compare to Colonia overall?
Iselin scores 1.4 points higher than Colonia overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 38% citywide. Average rent: $1,780 vs $2,047.
Q3
What is the average rent in Iselin?
Average gross rent in Iselin eviction risk is $1,780/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Iselin residents are renters?
29% of Iselin households are renter-occupied (vs 11% in Colonia). The neighborhood has 15,823 residents.
Q5
Is Iselin a high social-vulnerability area?
Iselin sits in the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Iselin have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Iselin is census tract 34023002604 (score 6.8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 6.8, a spread of 3.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Iselin for landlords?
Iselin eviction risk carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Colonia as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Iselin?
Iselin has 15,328 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (38.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (36.2%), Hispanic / Latino (13.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
