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Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally

Longport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 34001013500 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,635 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Longport

How risky is Longport for landlords? Census tract 34001013500 scores 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,224 monthly, set against $110,729 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 8% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,187
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$110,729

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Longport
Moderate
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Very Low
Within state
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#1,598 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
National
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#66,742 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Longport and the region

Centroid at 39.3300, -74.5451 · click any tract to drill in

Why Longport scores 2.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Longport
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,224 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Longport
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Longport
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Longport
6.6

How Longport compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Longport risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.52.5This tracttract 013500Longport: 7.57.5Longportparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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)

  • 33Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 3.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2014)
  • 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340010135002013: 5 filings (3.14/100 renter HHs)2014: 7 filings (4.40/100 renter HHs)2015: 6 filings (3.77/100 renter HHs)2016: 4 filings (2.76/100 renter HHs)2017: 5 filings (3.45/100 renter HHs)2018: 6 filings (4.14/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 20% 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 Longport

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.3/10. 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 Longport, 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.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% 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 34001013500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013500?

Census tract 34001013500 in Longport scores 2.5/10 (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 34001013500?

Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001013500?

2.5% of residents in tract 34001013500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,635.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 13th, minority 25th, housing 31th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001013500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.61% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34001013500 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34001013500 compare to Longport overall?

Tract 34001013500 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Longport at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Longport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34001013500 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.
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