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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Hammonton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34001011100 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,080

Census tract 34001011100 covers part of Hammonton, NJ, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,080 residents. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 0% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,067
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$82,870

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Hammonton
Very High
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#647 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hammonton and the region

Centroid at 39.6314, -74.8273 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hammonton scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,560 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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.
Hammonton risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0111006.6Hammontonparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 81Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 4.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2014)
  • 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34001011100
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 Hammonton

Cost burden runs 99% here against 48.9% across Atlantic County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Atlantic County average of 5.5.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 81 evictions over 6 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34001011100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001011100?

Census tract 34001011100 in Hammonton scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 34001011100?

Median gross rent is $1,560/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 99% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001011100?

16.8% of residents in tract 34001011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,080.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001011100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 54th, minority 50th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001011100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001011100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.47% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34001011100 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34001011100 compare to Hammonton overall?

Tract 34001011100 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Hammonton at 6.6/10. 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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