3 census tracts · pop 15,190 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.2–5.1
Bonhamtown spans 3 census tracts of Metuchen, NJ and houses 15,190 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. At $702 a month, rents sit 66% under what the rest of Metuchen commands.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.3/10. Cost burden runs 36% against 27.1% citywide, putting Bonhamtown 9.1% over its own city. 15% 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.
Court records carry 158 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. SNAP participation is 5.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 17.0% of renter households.
At 25% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Pumptown and Robinvale score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $136,489, annual rent is only 6%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 3 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.9 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 4.5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Bonhamtown vs MetuchenHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport24%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bonhamtown
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
158Total filings (sum)
8.73%Avg annual filing rate
17.0%Peak year (2015)
8.73%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bonhamtown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.9%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
10.4%Food insecurity
5.0%SNAP enrollment
7.7%No health insurance
21.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bonhamtown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bonhamtown?
Bonhamtown scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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.
Q2
How does Bonhamtown compare to Metuchen overall?
Bonhamtown scores 1.5 points lower than Metuchen overall (6/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $702 vs $2,078.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bonhamtown?
Average gross rent in Bonhamtown is $702/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bonhamtown residents are renters?
25% of Bonhamtown households are renter-occupied (vs 25% in Metuchen). The neighborhood has 15,190 residents.
Q5
Is Bonhamtown a high social-vulnerability area?
Bonhamtown sits in the 26th 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 Bonhamtown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bonhamtown is census tract 34023002200 (score 5.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.2 to 5.1, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Bonhamtown for landlords?
Bonhamtown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). 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 Metuchen as a whole (6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bonhamtown?
Bonhamtown has 15,287 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (41.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (34.1%), Hispanic / Latino (11.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
