Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Orchards at Monroe Eviction Risk: Elevated , Clearbrook
Tract 34023008204 ·
Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,424 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 34023008204 in the Orchards at Monroe area of Clearbrook, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,424. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%Stable renters 4%Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,705
Renter share6.9%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$68,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Orchards at Monroe
Moderate
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Clearbrook
Moderate
Within county
84th percentile
#31 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
74th percentile
#569 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clearbrook and the region
Centroid at 40.3114, -74.4712 · click any tract to drill in
Why Orchards at Monroe scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clearbrook
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,944 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clearbrook
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clearbrook
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clearbrook
7.7
How Orchards at Monroe compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
59%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
7%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)
1Total filings over 1 yrs
0.33%Avg annual filing rate
0.3%Peak (2015)
1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
5.9%Housing insecurity
3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
10.4%Frequent mental distress
36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Orchards at Monroe
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $68,194, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1 filings here across 1 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Middlesex County average of 44.9%. At $1,944 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Clearbrook commands.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 0.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023008204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023008204?
Census tract 34023008204 in the Orchards at Monroe neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 34023008204?
Median gross rent is $1,944/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023008204?
11.3% of residents in tract 34023008204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,424.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023008204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 69th, minority 33th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 34023008204 considered part of Orchards at Monroe?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023008204 fall within Orchards at Monroe (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023008204?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023008204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.33% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023008204 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023008204 compare to Clearbrook overall?
Tract 34023008204 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Clearbrook at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clearbrook; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.