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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Tottenville Eviction Risk: High , Perth Amboy

Tract 34023004501 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 4,515 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 34023004501 covers part of the Tottenville area of Perth Amboy, NJ, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,515. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 21% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share74.0%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$55,643

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Tottenville
Very High
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Perth Amboy
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#17 of 192 tracts In Middlesex County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region

Centroid at 40.5207, -74.2659 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tottenville scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,572 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perth Amboy
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perth Amboy
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perth Amboy
8.3

How Tottenville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tottenville risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.3This tracttract 0045017.9Perth Amboyparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Tottenville. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tottenville

Against Middlesex County at 44.9%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 3.6 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.1% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9/10. This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Set annual rent against average income of $55,643 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.

Housing insecurity runs 27.7% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.3 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34023004501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023004501?

Census tract 34023004501 in the Tottenville neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High 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 34023004501?

Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023004501?

15.9% of residents in tract 34023004501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,515.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023004501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 97th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 34023004501 considered part of Tottenville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023004501 fall within Tottenville (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34023004501 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.7% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34023004501 compare to Perth Amboy overall?

Tract 34023004501 scores 9.3/10, higher than 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Perth Amboy

Top eight tracts in Perth Amboy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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