2 census tracts · pop 6,920 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 7.2–8.5
Port Richmond is a 2-tract neighborhood of Bayonne, NJ, population 6,920. Scored across those inputs it reaches 8/10, placing it in the High tier. Against a Bayonne baseline of 28.9%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.2/10. At $1,193 a month, rents sit 29% under what the rest of Bayonne commands.
The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.2 to 8.5, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Court records carry 601 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 10.7% of renter households.
Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Richmond Terrace Houses and West New Brighton. Social vulnerability runs high at 8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $66,908.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Port Richmond vs BayonneHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Port Richmond
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
601Total filings (sum)
8.52%Avg annual filing rate
10.7%Peak year (2018)
8.20%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Port Richmond
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.1%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility shutoff threat
22.2%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
15.0%No health insurance
31.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Port Richmond
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Port Richmond?
Port Richmond scores 8/10 (High tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Port Richmond compare to Bayonne overall?
Port Richmond scores 0.8 points higher than Bayonne overall (7.2/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,193 vs $1,682.
Q3
What is the average rent in Port Richmond?
Average gross rent in Port Richmond is $1,193/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Port Richmond residents are renters?
62% of Port Richmond households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Bayonne). The neighborhood has 6,920 residents.
Q5
Is Port Richmond a high social-vulnerability area?
Port Richmond sits in the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Port Richmond have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Port Richmond is census tract 34017011600 (score 8.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.2 to 8.5, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Port Richmond for landlords?
Port Richmond carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Bayonne as a whole (7.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Port Richmond?
Port Richmond has 7,765 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (50.9%), Hispanic / Latino (26.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
