Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Society Hill III Eviction Risk: Moderate , Smithville
Tract 34001010503 ·
Atlantic County, NJ · pop 6,577 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
34001010503 is a census tract in the Society Hill III area of Smithville, NJ. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,577 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 18%Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,932
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$75,030
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Society Hill III
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Smithville
Very High
Within county
56th percentile
#33 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Elevated
Within state
51th percentile
#1,067 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithville and the region
Centroid at 39.4869, -74.5061 · click any tract to drill in
Why Society Hill III scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Smithville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,515 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithville
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithville
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithville
6.6
How Society Hill III compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
56%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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)
1,839Total filings over 6 yrs
20.88%Avg annual filing rate
24.1%Peak (2018)
338Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2013 to 2018
Filings climbed 21% over the past 6 months.
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.
17.3%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
14.2%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Society Hill III
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,839 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3.1/10. The worst year on record was 2018, when 24.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 20.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.
52% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Atlantic County average of 5.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,515, close to the Smithville average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $75,030. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001010503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010503?
Census tract 34001010503 in the Society Hill III neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 34001010503?
Median gross rent is $1,515/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010503?
12.5% of residents in tract 34001010503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,577.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 39th, minority 72th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 34001010503 considered part of Society Hill III?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001010503 fall within Society Hill III (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010503?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,839 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.88% of renter households, peaking at 24.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001010503 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001010503 compare to Smithville overall?
Tract 34001010503 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Smithville at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smithville
Top eight tracts in Smithville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.