5 census tracts · pop 22,078 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 3.7–7.9
Santa Fe Junction is a 5-tract neighborhood of Keyport, NJ, population 22,078. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 43% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Keyport rate of 27.3%.
The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.7 to 7.9, a 4.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. At $1,890 a month, rents sit 30% over what the rest of Keyport commands. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.7/10.
The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 707 across 5 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 26.2% of renter households.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 4.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Santa Fe Junction vs KeyportHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority48%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Santa Fe Junction
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
707Total filings (sum)
12.25%Avg annual filing rate
26.2%Peak year (2018)
11.75%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Santa Fe Junction
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.5%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
9.0%No health insurance
23.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Santa Fe Junction
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Santa Fe Junction?
Santa Fe Junction scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 Santa Fe Junction compare to Keyport overall?
Santa Fe Junction scores 1.1 points lower than Keyport overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,890 vs $1,458.
Q3
What is the average rent in Santa Fe Junction?
Average gross rent in Santa Fe Junction is $1,890/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Santa Fe Junction residents are renters?
38% of Santa Fe Junction households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Keyport). The neighborhood has 22,078 residents.
Q5
Is Santa Fe Junction a high social-vulnerability area?
Santa Fe Junction 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 Santa Fe Junction have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Santa Fe Junction is census tract 34025802000 (score 7.9/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 7.9, a spread of 4.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Santa Fe Junction for landlords?
Santa Fe Junction carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 Keyport as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Santa Fe Junction?
Santa Fe Junction has 22,518 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.3%), Hispanic / Latino (12.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
