Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Hopelawn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023003300 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,327 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
34023003300 is a census tract in the Hopelawn area of Hopelawn, NJ. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. 60% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,532
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$78,696
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5309, -74.2941 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hopelawn scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Perth Amboy
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,662 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perth Amboy
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perth Amboy
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perth Amboy
6.3
How Hopelawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 98Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2015)
- 98Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hopelawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.9%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 20.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hopelawn
roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Middlesex County average of 44.9%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
At $1,662 a month, rents run 31% over what the rest of Hopelawn commands. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.5% against 11.3% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 98 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023003300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023003300?
Census tract 34023003300 in the Hopelawn neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34023003300?
Median gross rent is $1,662/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023003300?
13.1% of residents in tract 34023003300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,327.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023003300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 95th, minority 84th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 34023003300 considered part of Hopelawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023003300 fall within Hopelawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023003300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023003300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.84% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023003300 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023003300 compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Tract 34023003300 scores 7.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Perth Amboy at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perth Amboy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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