5 census tracts · pop 20,102 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.7/10
· range 8.6–8.7
Port-au-Peck spans 5 census tracts of Long Branch, NJ, population 20,102. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.7/10, High tier. Against a Long Branch baseline of 31.9%, 55% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. 31% 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.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. Filings are well documented here: 976 across 5 observed tracts. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.4/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 23.1% of renter households. 18.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. At $1,736 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Long Branch commands.
Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 5 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
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
8.7
High
5 tracts · population-weighted
Port-au-Peck vs Long BranchHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Port-au-Peck
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
976Total filings (sum)
12.25%Avg annual filing rate
23.1%Peak year (2018)
11.45%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Port-au-Peck
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.4%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility shutoff threat
22.0%Food insecurity
14.7%SNAP enrollment
17.4%No health insurance
29.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Port-au-Peck
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Port-au-Peck?
Port-au-Peck scores 8.7/10 (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 Port-au-Peck compare to Long Branch overall?
Port-au-Peck scores 1.4 points higher than Long Branch overall (7.3/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,736 vs $1,876.
Q3
What is the average rent in Port-au-Peck?
Average gross rent in Port-au-Peck is $1,736/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Port-au-Peck residents are renters?
54% of Port-au-Peck households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Long Branch). The neighborhood has 20,102 residents.
Q5
Is Port-au-Peck a high social-vulnerability area?
Port-au-Peck 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 Port-au-Peck have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Port-au-Peck is census tract 34025805900 (score 8.7/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.6 to 8.7, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Port-au-Peck for landlords?
Port-au-Peck carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.7/10). 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 Long Branch as a whole (7.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Port-au-Peck?
Port-au-Peck has 20,367 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (41.5%), Hispanic / Latino (27.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
