Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Cheesequake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison Park
Tract 34023007910 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,451 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 34023007910 covers Cheesequake in Madison Park, home to 3,451 residents. For landlords it grades 5.7/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,491 monthly, set against $66,780 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,719
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$66,780
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison Park and the region
Centroid at 40.4343, -74.2740 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cheesequake scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Madison Park
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison Park
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison Park
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison Park
5.0
How Cheesequake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 11.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cheesequake
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 Madison Park, 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 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023007910
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023007910?
Census tract 34023007910 in the Cheesequake neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 34023007910?
Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023007910?
14.0% of residents in tract 34023007910 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,451.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023007910?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 66th, minority 53th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 34023007910 considered part of Cheesequake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023007910 fall within Cheesequake (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023007910?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023007910 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.11% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023007910 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023007910 compare to Madison Park overall?
Tract 34023007910 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Madison Park at 7.8/10. 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.
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