Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasantville Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34001012000 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 4,373 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Pleasantville
Here is how census tract 34001012000, in Pleasantville eviction risk in Atlantic County, looks to a landlord: a 7.2/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,373. On the national scale it ranks #2,925 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,210 a month against an average household income of $60,857 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$60,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pleasantville and the region
Centroid at 39.3943, -74.5031 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasantville scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pleasantville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pleasantville
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pleasantville
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pleasantville
8.2
How Pleasantville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 37%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 796Total filings over 6 yrs
- 19.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.6%Peak (2018)
- 165Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% 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.
- 26.9%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.1%Food insecurity
- 26.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.8%Transit barriers
- 24.0%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasantville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Pleasantville eviction risk, 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 Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% 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 34001012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012000?
Census tract 34001012000 in Pleasantville scores 7.2/10 (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 34001012000?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012000?
10.8% of residents in tract 34001012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 97th, minority 88th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 796 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.49% of renter households, peaking at 22.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.9% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001012000 compare to Pleasantville overall?
Tract 34001012000 scores 7.2/10, lower than the parent city of Pleasantville at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pleasantville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34001012000 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pleasantville
Top eight tracts in Pleasantville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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