Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Bonhamtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Metuchen
Tract 34023001701 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,696 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The Bonhamtown area of Metuchen anchors census tract 34023001701, which lands at 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $133,619 a year. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,891
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$133,619
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5228, -74.3770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bonhamtown scores 2.6
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
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 Bonhamtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 69%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)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2015)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bonhamtown. 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bonhamtown
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 10 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 4.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023001701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001701?
Census tract 34023001701 in the Bonhamtown neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34023001701?
5.5% of residents in tract 34023001701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,696.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 61th, minority 69th, housing 3th.
Q4
Is tract 34023001701 considered part of Bonhamtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001701 fall within Bonhamtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001701?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.22% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34023001701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34023001701 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023001701 scores 2.6/10, 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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