Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Hammonton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34001010900 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 5,754
Census tract 34001010900 sits in Hammonton in Atlantic County, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #3,716 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,372 monthly, set against $84,278 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,519
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$84,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hammonton and the region
Centroid at 39.6689, -74.7342 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hammonton scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hammonton
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,372 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hammonton
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hammonton
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hammonton
7.2
How Hammonton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 50%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)
- 477Total filings over 6 yrs
- 12.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2018)
- 93Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 79% 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hammonton
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Hammonton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% 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 34001010900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010900?
Census tract 34001010900 in Hammonton scores 5.4/10 (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 34001010900?
Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010900?
11.5% of residents in tract 34001010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,754.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 69th, minority 50th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 477 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.61% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001010900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001010900 compare to Hammonton overall?
Tract 34001010900 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Hammonton at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hammonton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hammonton
Top eight tracts in Hammonton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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