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Crest Lea Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Linwood

Tract 34001012501 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,355 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 34001012501 covers part of the Crest Lea Park area of Linwood, NJ, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,355. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 7% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units944
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$107,339

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Crest Lea Park
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Linwood
Moderate
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#69 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Very Low
Within state
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#2,096 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Linwood and the region

Centroid at 39.3583, -74.5713 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crest Lea Park scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Linwood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,892 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Linwood
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Linwood
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Linwood
3.7

How Crest Lea Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crest Lea Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0125014.5Linwoodparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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)

  • 16Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 1.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak (2013)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34001012501
Filings dropped 80% over the past 6 months.
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 Crest Lea Park

Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 2.4 points below the Atlantic County average of 5.5.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 3.8% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 44% here against 48.9% across Atlantic County.

The filing record is not thin: 16 evictions over 6 years of observation. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.9/10.

Average gross rent is $1,892, 14% below the Linwood average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2013, when 1.8% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlantic City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34001012501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012501?

Census tract 34001012501 in the Crest Lea Park neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 34001012501?

Median gross rent is $1,892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012501?

1.0% of residents in tract 34001012501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,355.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 56th, minority 25th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 34001012501 considered part of Crest Lea Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001012501 fall within Crest Lea Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012501?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.11% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34001012501 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34001012501 compare to Linwood overall?

Tract 34001012501 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Linwood at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Linwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34001012501 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 Linwood

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

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