2 census tracts · pop 5,116 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10
· range 6.3–6.9
Fitler is a 2-tract neighborhood of Palmyra, NJ and houses 5,116 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.6/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Palmyra baseline of 33.9%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2/10. Filings are well documented here: 495 across 2 observed tracts.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 17.8% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 11.7% in 2018 against a 17.8% peak. Its 2 tracts score within 0.6 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,675, close to the Palmyra average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $82,076. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 6.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fitler vs PalmyraHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport11%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fitler
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
495Total filings (sum)
12.76%Avg annual filing rate
17.8%Peak year (2016)
11.94%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fitler
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
12.9%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility shutoff threat
14.2%Food insecurity
9.2%SNAP enrollment
9.5%No health insurance
27.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fitler
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fitler?
Fitler scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fitler compare to Palmyra overall?
Fitler scores 0.7 points higher than Palmyra overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,675 vs $1,696.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fitler?
Average gross rent in Fitler is $1,675/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fitler residents are renters?
36% of Fitler households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Palmyra). The neighborhood has 5,116 residents.
Q5
Is Fitler a high social-vulnerability area?
Fitler sits in the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fitler have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fitler is census tract 34005700104 (score 6.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.3 to 6.9, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Fitler for landlords?
Fitler carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Palmyra as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fitler?
Fitler has 5,115 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21%), Hispanic / Latino (10.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
