5 census tracts · pop 21,455 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10
· range 7.7–9.3
Hopelawn spans 5 census tracts of Perth Amboy, NJ, population 21,455. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.8/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs roughly two in three against 36.9% citywide, putting Hopelawn 31.8% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. 27.4% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.7 to 9.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. Court records carry 335 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 14.3% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,573, 7% below the Perth Amboy average of $1,688.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.8
High
5 tracts · population-weighted
Hopelawn vs Perth AmboyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority85%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport62%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hopelawn
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
335Total filings (sum)
9.98%Avg annual filing rate
14.3%Peak year (2015)
9.98%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hopelawn
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.9%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility shutoff threat
28.6%Food insecurity
16.3%SNAP enrollment
26.7%No health insurance
32.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Hopelawn
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hopelawn?
Hopelawn scores 8.8/10 (High tier) across 5 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 Hopelawn compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Hopelawn scores 0.9 points higher than Perth Amboy overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 69% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,573 vs $1,688.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hopelawn?
Average gross rent in Hopelawn is $1,573/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hopelawn residents are renters?
54% of Hopelawn households are renter-occupied (vs 65% in Perth Amboy). The neighborhood has 21,455 residents.
Q5
Is Hopelawn a high social-vulnerability area?
Hopelawn sits in the 86th 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 Hopelawn have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Hopelawn is census tract 34023004400 (score 9.3/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.7 to 9.3, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Hopelawn for landlords?
Hopelawn carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Perth Amboy as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Hopelawn?
Hopelawn has 21,856 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (74.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (16.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
