Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Bonhamtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Metuchen
Tract 34023001805 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,503 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34023001805 sits in the Bonhamtown area of Middlesex County, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It is home to 5,503 residents. Cost burden runs 24% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,119
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$137,868
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
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 40.5235, -74.3511 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bonhamtown 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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,939 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 141Total filings over 1 yrs
- 16.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.0%Peak (2015)
- 141Filings 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bonhamtown
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
Disability prevalence runs 18.5% against 31.5% nationally. Court records carry 141 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 17.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 17.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Against average income of $137,868, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 34023001805
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001805?
Census tract 34023001805 in the Bonhamtown 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 average rent in tract 34023001805?
Median gross rent is $1,939/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023001805?
3.2% of residents in tract 34023001805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,503.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023001805?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 60th, minority 83th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 34023001805 considered part of Bonhamtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023001805 fall within Bonhamtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023001805?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023001805 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.95% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023001805 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023001805 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023001805 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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