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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Cheesequake Eviction Risk: High , Madison Park

Tract 34023007908 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,432 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 8.3/10, tract 34023007908 in the Cheesequake area of Madison Park, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 52% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,933
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$65,845

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Cheesequake
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Madison Park
Very High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#338 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison Park and the region

Centroid at 40.4402, -74.2898 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheesequake scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Madison Park
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,558 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison Park
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison Park
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison Park
7.1

How Cheesequake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cheesequake risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.3This tracttract 0079086.9Madison Parkparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 362Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 20.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.1%Peak (2015)
  • 362Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cheesequake. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cheesequake

Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 27.0% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 362 evictions over 1 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 20.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 20.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34023007908

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023007908?

Census tract 34023007908 in the Cheesequake neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 34023007908?

Median gross rent is $1,558/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023007908?

20.7% of residents in tract 34023007908 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,432.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023007908?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 86th, minority 85th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 34023007908 considered part of Cheesequake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023007908 fall within Cheesequake (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023007908?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023007908 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.08% of renter households, peaking at 20.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34023007908 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.3% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34023007908 compare to Madison Park overall?

Tract 34023007908 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Madison Park at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison Park

Top eight tracts in Madison Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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