Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Menlo Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Iselin
Tract 34023001409 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,539 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 34023001409 sits in the Menlo Park area of Middlesex County, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. Population here is 3,539. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,080
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$187,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Iselin and the region
Centroid at 40.5789, -74.3474 · click any tract to drill in
Why Menlo Park scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Iselin
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,625 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Iselin
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Iselin
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Iselin
5.0
How Menlo Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2015)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Menlo Park. 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 9.6%Frequent mental distress
- 17.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Menlo Park
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
It sits 1.5 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7. SNAP participation runs 2.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 2 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.1/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 10% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $187,292, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001409
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001409?
Census tract 34023001409 in the Menlo Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 34023001409?
Median gross rent is $2,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001409?
1.9% of residents in tract 34023001409 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001409?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 35th, minority 81th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001409 considered part of Menlo Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001409 fall within Menlo Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001409?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001409 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001409 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001409 compare to Iselin overall?
Tract 34023001409 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Iselin at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Iselin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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