Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Menlo Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Iselin
Tract 34023001901 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,985 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 34023001901 sits in the Menlo Park area of Middlesex County, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It is home to 4,985 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,854
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$97,315
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Iselin and the region
Centroid at 40.5457, -74.3356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Menlo Park scores 5.7
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 79%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)
- 142Total filings over 1 yrs
- 15.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2015)
- 142Filings 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Menlo Park
Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 142 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 15.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 15.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.
It tracks the Middlesex County average of 5.7 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,575 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001901?
Census tract 34023001901 in the Menlo Park neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 34023001901?
Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001901?
8.3% of residents in tract 34023001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,985.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 27th, minority 79th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001901 considered part of Menlo Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001901 fall within Menlo Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001901?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.32% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001901 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001901 compare to Iselin overall?
Tract 34023001901 scores 5.7/10, 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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