Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Robinvale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Metuchen
Tract 34023002101 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 2,224 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 34023002101 covers part of the Robinvale area of Metuchen, NJ, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units759
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$219,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5481, -74.3598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Robinvale scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Metuchen
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,750 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Metuchen
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Metuchen
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Metuchen
4.0
How Robinvale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 8.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2015)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Robinvale. 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.1%Food insecurity
- 2.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 17.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Robinvale
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $2,750, 32% above the Metuchen average. The voucher gap is 26.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 5.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.6/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.3% against 14.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 0.9 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 9 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.7% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023002101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002101?
Census tract 34023002101 in the Robinvale neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 34023002101?
Median gross rent is $2,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023002101?
1.0% of residents in tract 34023002101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,224.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023002101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 28th, minority 41th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 34023002101 considered part of Robinvale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023002101 fall within Robinvale (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023002101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023002101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.65% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023002101 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023002101 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023002101 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Metuchen at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Metuchen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Metuchen
Top eight tracts in Metuchen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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