2 census tracts · pop 8,589 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.2–6
Sayerwood South spans 2 census tracts of Old Bridge, NJ, population 8,589. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, Moderate tier. Average gross rent is $732, 50% below the Old Bridge average of $1,459.
27% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 71 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 13.9% of renter households. Among the 6 mapped neighborhoods of Old Bridge, it ranks #6 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 0.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The closest comparables inside the same city are Spring Knolls and Creighton Village. Against average income of $108,602, annual rent is only 8%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.8 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sayerwood South vs Old BridgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sayerwood South
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
71Total filings (sum)
7.33%Avg annual filing rate
13.9%Peak year (2015)
7.33%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sayerwood South
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.3%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility shutoff threat
12.9%Food insecurity
7.5%SNAP enrollment
9.6%No health insurance
26.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sayerwood South
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sayerwood South?
Sayerwood South scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 Sayerwood South compare to Old Bridge overall?
Sayerwood South scores 0.3 points lower than Old Bridge overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $732 vs $1,459.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sayerwood South?
Average gross rent in Sayerwood South is $732/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sayerwood South residents are renters?
21% of Sayerwood South households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Old Bridge). The neighborhood has 8,589 residents.
Q5
Is Sayerwood South a high social-vulnerability area?
Sayerwood South sits in the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Sayerwood South have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sayerwood South is census tract 34023007806 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 6, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Sayerwood South for landlords?
Sayerwood South carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). 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 Old Bridge as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sayerwood South?
Sayerwood South has 8,625 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.3%), Hispanic / Latino (24.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
