3 census tracts · pop 14,697 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.5/10
· range 6.1–9.3
South Amboy Junction is a 3-tract neighborhood of Perth Amboy, NJ and houses 14,697 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.5/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs about half against 36.9% citywide, putting South Amboy Junction 16.1% over its own city.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.1 to 9.3, a 3.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
29% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 26.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 230 across 3 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.3/10. Food insecurity affects 28.0% of adults, 10.2 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 9.4% of renter households.
Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Perth Amboy, it ranks #5 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Hopelawn and Maurer.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.5 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
8.5
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
South Amboy Junction vs Perth AmboyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in South Amboy Junction
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
230Total filings (sum)
8.10%Avg annual filing rate
9.4%Peak year (2015)
8.10%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in South Amboy Junction
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.7%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility shutoff threat
30.8%Food insecurity
18.3%SNAP enrollment
29.5%No health insurance
34.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About South Amboy Junction
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for South Amboy Junction?
South Amboy Junction scores 8.5/10 (High tier) across 3 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 South Amboy Junction compare to Perth Amboy overall?
South Amboy Junction scores 0.6 points higher than Perth Amboy overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,670 vs $1,688.
Q3
What is the average rent in South Amboy Junction?
Average gross rent in South Amboy Junction is $1,670/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of South Amboy Junction residents are renters?
67% of South Amboy Junction households are renter-occupied (vs 65% in Perth Amboy). The neighborhood has 14,697 residents.
Q5
Is South Amboy Junction a high social-vulnerability area?
South Amboy Junction 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 South Amboy Junction have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in South Amboy Junction is census tract 34023004800 (score 9.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.1 to 9.3, a spread of 3.2 points.
Q7
How safe is South Amboy Junction for landlords?
South Amboy Junction carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 South Amboy Junction?
South Amboy Junction has 15,404 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (71.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (19.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
