Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Buena Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001011300 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 4,504
Tract 34001011300 covers Buena in Atlantic County in New Jersey. Home to 4,504 residents, it scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #7,015 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,138 a month against an average household income of $78,393 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,633
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$78,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buena and the region
Centroid at 39.5292, -74.9452 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buena scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buena
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,138 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buena
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buena
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buena
6.0
How Buena compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 232Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buena
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Buena, 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 232 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2016.
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 34001011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001011300?
Census tract 34001011300 in Buena scores 3.4/10 (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 34001011300?
Median gross rent is $1,138/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001011300?
6.0% of residents in tract 34001011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,504.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 85th, minority 60th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001011300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 232 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.05% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001011300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001011300 compare to Buena overall?
Tract 34001011300 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Buena at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buena; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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