Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Bonhamtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Metuchen
Tract 34023001805 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,503 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34023001805, home to 5,503 residents in the Bonhamtown neighborhood of Metuchen, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,099 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,939 a month while the average household earns $137,868 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
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
23
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 40.5235, -74.3511 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bonhamtown 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
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 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 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 141 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 17.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.0% 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 34023001805
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023001805?
Census tract 34023001805 in the Bonhamtown 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 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 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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