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Santa Fe Junction Eviction Risk: Moderate , Keyport

Tract 34025802000 · Monmouth County, NJ · pop 3,585 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Eviction risk in the Santa Fe Junction neighborhood of Keyport centers on tract 34025802000, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,585 residents. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.

About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $948 a month against an average household income of $69,167 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 38% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,726
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$69,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Santa Fe Junction
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Keyport
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 154 tracts In Monmouth County
High
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#720 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Keyport and the region

Centroid at 40.4293, -74.2055 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Fe Junction scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Keyport
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Keyport
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Keyport
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Keyport
5.0

How Santa Fe Junction compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Santa Fe Junction risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 802000Keyport: 7.27.2Keyportparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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)

  • 71Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 3.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.1%Peak (2013)
  • 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Santa Fe Junction. 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 Santa Fe Junction

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Keyport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Monmouth County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 71 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2013.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34025802000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34025802000?

Census tract 34025802000 in the Santa Fe Junction neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 34025802000?

Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34025802000?

13.0% of residents in tract 34025802000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,585.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34025802000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 60th, minority 37th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 34025802000 considered part of Santa Fe Junction?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34025802000 fall within Santa Fe Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34025802000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34025802000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.70% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34025802000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34025802000 compare to Keyport overall?

Tract 34025802000 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Keyport at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Keyport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Keyport

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

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