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Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Brigantine Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34001010102 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 1,416 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Brigantine

Here is how census tract 34001010102, in Brigantine, looks to a landlord: a 6.9/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 1,416. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 67% of renter households, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,439 a month while the average household earns $115,000 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 10% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units740
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$115,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Brigantine
Low
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#949 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,065 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brigantine and the region

Centroid at 39.3995, -74.3709 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brigantine scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brigantine
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brigantine
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brigantine
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brigantine
6.6

How Brigantine compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brigantine risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 010102Brigantine: 7.47.4Brigantineparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 111Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 7.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.1%Peak (2014)
  • 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340010101022013: 16 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2014: 28 filings (11.11/100 renter HHs)2015: 23 filings (9.13/100 renter HHs)2016: 15 filings (6.82/100 renter HHs)2017: 13 filings (5.91/100 renter HHs)2018: 16 filings (7.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Brigantine

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Brigantine, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 34001010102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010102?

Census tract 34001010102 in Brigantine scores 4/10 (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 34001010102?

Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010102?

8.2% of residents in tract 34001010102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,416.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 7th, minority 9th, housing 14th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010102?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 111 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.77% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34001010102 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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.
Q7

How does tract 34001010102 compare to Brigantine overall?

Tract 34001010102 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Brigantine at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brigantine; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34001010102 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 Brigantine

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

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