Hopelawn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023004100 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 3,014 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 7.5/10 for census tract 34023004100 reflects conditions in the Hopelawn area of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It lands near the 99th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
64% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,521 a month while the average household earns $67,946 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5246, -74.2844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hopelawn scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Hopelawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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)
- 35Total filings over 1 yrs
- 12.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2015)
- 35Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hopelawn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 22.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.9%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 26.6%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Hopelawn
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Perth Amboy eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 6.4 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 35 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 12.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.1% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 34023004100
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Highest-risk tracts in Perth Amboy
Top eight tracts in Perth Amboy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.