Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Pumptown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Metuchen
Tract 34023002000 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,735 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 34023002000 sits in the Pumptown area of Metuchen, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 4,735. Cost burden runs 28% here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,788
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$159,315
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metuchen and the region
Centroid at 40.5460, -74.3730 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pumptown scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Metuchen
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,498 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Metuchen
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Metuchen
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Metuchen
4.0
How Pumptown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 22Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2015)
- 22Filings 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pumptown
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Average gross rent is $2,498, 20% above the Metuchen average. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 22 filings here across 1 tracked years.
The voucher gap is 14.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 0.6 points below the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002000?
Census tract 34023002000 in the Pumptown neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 34023002000?
Median gross rent is $2,498/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023002000?
6.3% of residents in tract 34023002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,735.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 25th, minority 66th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 34023002000 considered part of Pumptown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023002000 fall within Pumptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023002000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.90% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023002000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023002000 compare to Metuchen overall?
Tract 34023002000 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Metuchen
Top eight tracts in Metuchen ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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