6 census tracts · pop 20,849 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 5.7–8.8
Stockton takes in 6 census tracts of Camden, NJ, population 20,849. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs roughly one in two against 37.0% citywide, putting Stockton 14.5% over its own city.
30% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.7 to 8.8, a 3.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 2,987 across 6 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.1/10.
19.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 55.8% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 26.7% of adults, 8.9 points above the national rate. Average gross rent is $1,327, 8% above the Camden average of $1,226.
That places it #17 of 17 neighborhoods in Camden. Judgments average 1.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $72,043.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
6 tracts · population-weighted
Stockton vs CamdenHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority84%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Stockton
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,987Total filings (sum)
24.01%Avg annual filing rate
55.8%Peak year (2018)
20.48%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Stockton
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.4%Housing insecurity
13.5%Utility shutoff threat
29.7%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
21.3%No health insurance
34.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Stockton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Stockton?
Stockton scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 6 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 Stockton compare to Camden overall?
Stockton scores 0.4 points lower than Camden overall (7.4/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,327 vs $1,226.
Q3
What is the average rent in Stockton?
Average gross rent in Stockton is $1,327/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Stockton residents are renters?
41% of Stockton households are renter-occupied (vs 66% in Camden). The neighborhood has 20,849 residents.
Q5
Is Stockton a high social-vulnerability area?
Stockton sits in the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Stockton have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Stockton is census tract 34007601200 (score 8.8/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 8.8, a spread of 3.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Stockton for landlords?
Stockton carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Camden as a whole (7.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Stockton?
Stockton has 20,699 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (43.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (24.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (22.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
