3 census tracts · pop 16,357 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10
· range 9.3–9.3
Tottenville spans 3 census tracts of Perth Amboy, NJ and houses 16,357 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 9.3/10, High tier. Against a Perth Amboy baseline of 36.9%, 64% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 35%. 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 9.8/10.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. This is a renter market: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 28.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.3/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 354 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
14.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 15.6% of renter households. At $1,544 a month, rents sit 9% under what the rest of Perth Amboy commands.
That places it #1 of 5 neighborhoods in Perth Amboy.
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
9.3
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Tottenville vs Perth AmboyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Tottenville
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
354Total filings (sum)
10.43%Avg annual filing rate
15.6%Peak year (2015)
10.43%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tottenville
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.3%Housing insecurity
14.4%Utility shutoff threat
34.9%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
32.5%No health insurance
36.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Tottenville
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Tottenville?
Tottenville scores 9.3/10 (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 Tottenville compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Tottenville scores 1.4 points higher than Perth Amboy overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,544 vs $1,688.
Q3
What is the average rent in Tottenville?
Average gross rent in Tottenville is $1,544/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Tottenville residents are renters?
73% of Tottenville households are renter-occupied (vs 65% in Perth Amboy). The neighborhood has 16,357 residents.
Q5
Is Tottenville a high social-vulnerability area?
Tottenville sits in the 98th 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 Tottenville have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Tottenville is census tract 34023004600 (score 9.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.3 to 9.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Tottenville for landlords?
Tottenville carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). 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 Tottenville?
Tottenville has 15,331 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (86%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
