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Tottenville Eviction Risk: High , Perth Amboy

Tract 34023004600 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 6,661 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

34023004600 is a census tract in the Tottenville area of Perth Amboy, NJ. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 26% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units2,116
Renter share73.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$55,293

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Tottenville
Moderate
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 12 tracts In Perth Amboy
Very Low
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#19 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 40.5143, -74.2628 · 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
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,669 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 0046007.9Perth Amboyparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

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)

  • 92Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 6.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2015)
  • 92Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 44.9% across Middlesex County. Against the Middlesex County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.6 points. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 34.1% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 37.9% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $55,293 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 92 filings here across 1 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.4% of renter households were served.

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 34023004600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023004600?

Census tract 34023004600 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 34023004600?

Median gross rent is $1,669/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34023004600?

24.2% of residents in tract 34023004600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,661.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34023004600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 95th, minority 87th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 34023004600 considered part of Tottenville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023004600 fall within Tottenville (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023004600?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023004600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.44% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34023004600 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.3% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34023004600 compare to Perth Amboy overall?

Tract 34023004600 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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