Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Robinvale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Metuchen
Tract 34023002102 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,008 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 34023002102 in the Robinvale area of Metuchen, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,008. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,458
Renter share31.7%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$153,514
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5447, -74.3515 · click any tract to drill in
Why Robinvale scores 4.7
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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,783 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Robinvale
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Food insecurity runs 6.2% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 8 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,783, 14% below the Metuchen average. Cost burden runs 49% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023002102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002102?
Census tract 34023002102 in the Robinvale neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 34023002102?
Median gross rent is $1,783/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023002102?
1.9% of residents in tract 34023002102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,008.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023002102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 77th, minority 54th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 34023002102 considered part of Robinvale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023002102 fall within Robinvale (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023002102?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023002102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.96% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023002102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023002102 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023002102 scores 4.7/10, 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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