2 census tracts · pop 8,337 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10
· range 9.3–9.3
Maurer is a 2-tract suburb of Perth Amboy, NJ and houses 8,337 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 9.3/10, in the High tier. 63% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Perth Amboy rate of 36.9%.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Severe burden reaches 29%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
27.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.3/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Court records carry 160 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 17.0% of renter households.
At $1,537 a month, rents sit 9% under what the rest of Perth Amboy commands. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Perth Amboy, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.3
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Maurer vs Perth AmboyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Maurer
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
160Total filings (sum)
12.38%Avg annual filing rate
17.0%Peak year (2015)
12.38%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Maurer
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.7%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility shutoff threat
28.6%Food insecurity
16.9%SNAP enrollment
26.7%No health insurance
33.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Maurer
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Maurer?
Maurer scores 9.3/10 (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 Maurer compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Maurer scores 1.4 points higher than Perth Amboy overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,537 vs $1,688.
Q3
What is the average rent in Maurer?
Average gross rent in Maurer is $1,537/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Maurer residents are renters?
56% of Maurer households are renter-occupied (vs 65% in Perth Amboy). The neighborhood has 8,337 residents.
Q5
Is Maurer a high social-vulnerability area?
Maurer sits in the 87th 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 Maurer have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Maurer is census tract 34023004000 (score 9.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.3 to 9.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Maurer for landlords?
Maurer carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). 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 Perth Amboy as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Maurer?
Maurer has 8,645 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (77.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (13.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
