Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Iselin Eviction Risk: Elevated , Colonia
Tract 34023002603 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,924 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 34023002603 covers part of the Iselin area of Iselin, NJ, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,924 residents. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,828
Renter share57.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$103,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Colonia and the region
Centroid at 40.5660, -74.3154 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iselin scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Colonia
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$2,069 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Colonia
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Colonia
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Colonia
5.1
How Iselin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 58Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2015)
- 58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Iselin. 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iselin
Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10. SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 58 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Middlesex County average of 5.7 closely.
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 34023002603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023002603?
Census tract 34023002603 in the Iselin neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 34023002603?
Median gross rent is $2,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023002603?
10.9% of residents in tract 34023002603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,924.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023002603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 42th, minority 87th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 34023002603 considered part of Iselin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023002603 fall within Iselin (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023002603?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023002603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.76% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023002603 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023002603 compare to Colonia overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Colonia
Top eight tracts in Colonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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