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Bergen Square Eviction Risk: High , Camden

Tract 34007600400 · Camden County, NJ · pop 2,766 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

34007600400 is a census tract in the Bergen Square area of Camden, NJ. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,766 residents. 63% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 23% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,161
Renter share75.8%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate51.9%
Median income$15,509

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bergen Square
Moderate
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 19 tracts In Camden
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 129 tracts In Camden County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#210 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Camden and the region

Centroid at 39.9329, -75.1181 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bergen Square scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Camden
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
51.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Camden
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Camden
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Camden
7.0

How Bergen Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bergen Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.8This tracttract 6004007.4Camdenparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 513Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 14.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.3%Peak (2017)
  • 89Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34007600400
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bergen Square

around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Camden County average of 48.5%. Set annual rent against average income of $15,509 and the ratio lands at 69%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. It sits 3.1 points above the Camden County average of 5.7.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 52%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 33.5% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10.

Disability prevalence runs 49.2% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. At $892 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Camden commands.

Court records carry 513 eviction filings across 6 observed years.

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 34007600400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007600400?

Census tract 34007600400 in the Bergen Square neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 34007600400?

Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007600400?

51.9% of residents in tract 34007600400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,766.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007600400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 98th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 34007600400 considered part of Bergen Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34007600400 fall within Bergen Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007600400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 513 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007600400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.99% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34007600400 struggle to pay rent?

About 44.8% 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. 33.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34007600400 compare to Camden overall?

Tract 34007600400 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Camden at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Camden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34007600400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 51% 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 Camden

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

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