Neighborhood · Madison Park, NJ

Cheesequake Eviction Risk: Elevated

3 census tracts · pop 11,985 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.4/10 · range 6.2–8.3

Cheesequake spans 3 census tracts of Madison Park, NJ and houses 11,985 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.4/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 6.2 to 8.3. A 2.1-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

Severe burden reaches 21%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.1/10.

Court records carry 440 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Against a Madison Park baseline of 36.0%, around a third of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.2/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 20.1% of renter households. Average gross rent runs $1,490, close to the Madison Park average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $78,174. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

3 tracts · population-weighted

Cheesequake vs Madison Park How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

31.9% -11%

Madison Park: 36.0%

Average gross rent

$1,490 -2%

Madison Park: $1,528

Average HH income

$78,174 +2%

Madison Park: $76,396

Poverty rate

14.1% -8%

Madison Park: 15.3%

Renter share

57.3% -15%

Madison Park: 67.3%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cheesequake and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 6.2–8.3

Why Cheesequake scores 7.4

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 6.1–6.1 across tracts

6.1

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.5–6.8 across tracts

6.6

Rent control risk

32% of income on rent · Range 6.8–7.4 across tracts

7.2

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–6.8 across tracts

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

57% renter households · Range 4.0–9.8 across tracts

8.1

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 5.0–7.1 across tracts

6.5

Economic stress

14.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–5.2 across tracts

3.6

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.3–2.2 across tracts

1.9

Risk score comparison

Cheesequake vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Cheesequake?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.1 points from 6.2 to 8.3. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

8.3 6.9 6.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Cheesequake

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
34023007908	8.3	5,432	48%	$1,558
34023007910	6.9	3,451	17%	$1,491
34023007907	6.2	3,102	20%	$1,369

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 60

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 58%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 68%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 50%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Cheesequake

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

440Total filings (sum)
15.39%Avg annual filing rate
20.1%Peak year (2015)
15.39%Latest filed (2015)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cheesequake

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

14.3%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility shutoff threat
18.3%Food insecurity
11.8%SNAP enrollment
11.0%No health insurance
28.4%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Cheesequake

What is the eviction-risk score for Cheesequake?

Cheesequake scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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.

How does Cheesequake compare to Madison Park overall?

Cheesequake scores 0.5 points higher than Madison Park overall (6.9/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,490 vs $1,528.

What is the average rent in Cheesequake?

Average gross rent in Cheesequake is $1,490/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Cheesequake residents are renters?

57% of Cheesequake households are renter-occupied (vs 67% in Madison Park). The neighborhood has 11,985 residents.

Is Cheesequake a high social-vulnerability area?

Cheesequake sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Cheesequake have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Cheesequake is census tract 34023007908 (score 8.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.2 to 8.3, a spread of 2.1 points.

How safe is Cheesequake for landlords?

Cheesequake carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Madison Park as a whole (6.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Cheesequake?

Cheesequake has 12,615 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (19.6%), Hispanic / Latino (17.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Cheesequake

3.9 Trevor Place 2 tracts · pop 7,573 6.2 Sayre Woods 2 tracts · pop 5,451 6.4 Thomas J. Dohany Homes 2 tracts · pop 11,260 5.6 Sayerwood South 2 tracts · pop 8,589 8.2 South Amboy Junction 3 tracts · pop 14,697 5.5 Middlewood 2 tracts · pop 6,140

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Madison Park

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Cheesequake.

5.7 Madison Park 1 tracts · pop 2,672

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