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Census Tract · Ranked #6,432 of 84,120 nationally

Bellmawr Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34007607000 · Camden County, NJ · pop 4,577

Bellmawr in Camden County is where census tract 34007607000 sits, home to 4,577 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $889 a month against an average household income of $68,574 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 27% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,013
Renter share41.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$68,574

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 3 tracts In Bellmawr
Very High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileBottomTop
#58 of 129 tracts In Camden County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileBottomTop
#604 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
National
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileBottomTop
#6,432 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellmawr and the region

Centroid at 39.8709, -75.1086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellmawr scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bellmawr
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellmawr
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellmawr
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellmawr
4.6

How Bellmawr compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bellmawr risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.58.5This tracttract 607000Bellmawr: 8.48.4Bellmawrparent cityCounty: 8.38.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.87.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

  • 284Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 5.46%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2013)
  • 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340076070002013: 79 filings (9.46/100 renter HHs)2014: 45 filings (5.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 54 filings (6.47/100 renter HHs)2016: 39 filings (4.21/100 renter HHs)2017: 36 filings (3.88/100 renter HHs)2018: 31 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 61% 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 Bellmawr

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Bellmawr, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Camden County average of 6.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 284 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.5% of renter households in 2013.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 34007607000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007607000?

Census tract 34007607000 in Bellmawr scores 8.5/10 (High 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 34007607000?

Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007607000?

11.3% of residents in tract 34007607000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,577.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007607000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 58th, minority 37th, housing 66th.

Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007607000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 284 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007607000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.46% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q6

What share of households in tract 34007607000 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 34007607000 compare to Bellmawr overall?

Tract 34007607000 scores 8.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellmawr at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellmawr; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q8

Was tract 34007607000 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 Bellmawr

Top eight tracts in Bellmawr ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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