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Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Belhaven Eviction Risk: Lower , Bargaintown

Tract 34001012502 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 1,645 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 34001012502 covers the Belhaven neighborhood of Bargaintown in New Jersey. Home to 1,645 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,310 a month against an average household income of $119,474 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units680
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$119,474

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Belhaven
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Bargaintown
Very High
Within county
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#71 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Very Low
Within state
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#1,884 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bargaintown and the region

Centroid at 39.3411, -74.5861 · click any tract to drill in

Why Belhaven scores 1.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bargaintown
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,310 rent vs county FMR
8.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bargaintown
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bargaintown
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bargaintown
3.7

How Belhaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Belhaven risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.91.9This tracttract 012502Bargaintown: 7.27.2Bargaintownparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 27Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 5.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak (2018)
  • 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340010125022013: 4 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2014: 5 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2016: 3 filings (3.53/100 renter HHs)2017: 4 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2018: 7 filings (8.24/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 75% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Belhaven. 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 Belhaven

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bargaintown, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 34001012502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012502?

Census tract 34001012502 in the Belhaven neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (Lower 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 34001012502?

Median gross rent is $2,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012502?

6.7% of residents in tract 34001012502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,645.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 75th, minority 25th, housing 1th.
Q5

Is tract 34001012502 considered part of Belhaven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001012502 fall within Belhaven (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012502?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.36% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34001012502 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34001012502 compare to Bargaintown overall?

Tract 34001012502 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Bargaintown at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bargaintown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34001012502 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bargaintown

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

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