Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Cologne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001010401 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 5,636 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Cologne
In Cologne, census tract 34001010401 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 21% of renter households, a modest level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,866 monthly, set against $101,539 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,373
Renter share18.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$101,539
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cologne and the region
Centroid at 39.5171, -74.5716 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cologne scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cologne
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,866 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cologne
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cologne
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cologne
3.1
How Cologne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 186Total filings over 6 yrs
- 6.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2013)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 72% 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cologne
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Cologne, 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 23rd 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 186 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.9% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001010401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010401?
Census tract 34001010401 in Cologne scores 2.9/10 (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 34001010401?
Median gross rent is $1,866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010401?
5.1% of residents in tract 34001010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,636.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 26th, minority 28th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.51% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001010401 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001010401 compare to Cologne overall?
Tract 34001010401 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Cologne at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cologne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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