Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Pumptown Eviction Risk: Lower , Metuchen
Tract 34023001414 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,815 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
How risky is the Pumptown area of Metuchen for landlords? Census tract 34023001414 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,218 monthly, set against $155,391 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$155,391
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5577, -74.3908 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pumptown scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Metuchen
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,218 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Metuchen
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Metuchen
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Metuchen
5.0
How Pumptown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 23Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2015)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pumptown. 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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 2.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 9.4%Frequent mental distress
- 14.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pumptown
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Metuchen, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 23 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001414
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001414?
Census tract 34023001414 in the Pumptown neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 34023001414?
Median gross rent is $2,218/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001414?
0.0% of residents in tract 34023001414 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001414?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 36th, minority 88th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001414 considered part of Pumptown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001414 fall within Pumptown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001414?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001414 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.04% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001414 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001414 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023001414 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Metuchen at 7.6/10. 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.
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