Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Pumptown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Metuchen
Tract 34023001415 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,206 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 34023001415 covers part of the Pumptown area of Middlesex County, NJ, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,206. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,667
Renter share2.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$238,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5649, -74.3720 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pumptown scores 4.2
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
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2015)
- 4Filings 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 9.8%Frequent mental distress
- 17.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pumptown
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. Cost burden runs 32% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. SNAP participation runs 2.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 5.3% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 4 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001415
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001415?
Census tract 34023001415 in the Pumptown neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34023001415?
0.9% of residents in tract 34023001415 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,206.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001415?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 38th, minority 75th, housing 3th.
Q4
Is tract 34023001415 considered part of Pumptown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001415 fall within Pumptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001415?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001415 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023001415 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023001415 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023001415 scores 4.2/10, 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.
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