Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Tottenville Eviction Risk: High , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023004900 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,181 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
34023004900 is a census tract in the Tottenville area of Perth Amboy, NJ. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,181 residents. It sits 3.6 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units2,445
Renter share71.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$53,116
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5073, -74.2664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tottenville scores 9.3
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,360 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 262Total filings over 1 yrs
- 15.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2015)
- 262Filings 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.
- 26.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.5%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 31.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tottenville
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.7% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Middlesex County average of 44.9%. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Housing insecurity runs 26.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,360, 19% below the Perth Amboy average. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 262 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 15.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 15.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 34023004900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023004900?
Census tract 34023004900 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 34023004900?
Median gross rent is $1,360/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023004900?
17.3% of residents in tract 34023004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,181.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023004900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 94th, minority 87th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 34023004900 considered part of Tottenville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023004900 fall within Tottenville (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023004900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 262 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023004900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.57% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023004900 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.1% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023004900 compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Tract 34023004900 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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Charleston
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Tottenville
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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South Amboy Junction
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Maurer
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Maurer
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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