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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Waterfront South Eviction Risk: High , Camden

Tract 34007601800 · Camden County, NJ · pop 918 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

34007601800 is a census tract in the Waterfront South area of Camden, NJ. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. 55% 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 17% Stable renters 14% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units346
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$56,848

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Waterfront South
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 19 tracts In Camden
Low
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#5 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 39.9218, -75.1259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterfront South 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
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Waterfront South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterfront South risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.8This tracttract 6018007.4Camdenparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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)

  • 212Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 17.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.9%Peak (2016)
  • 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34007601800
Filings climbed 23% 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 Waterfront South

Against the Camden County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.1 points. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

SNAP participation runs 33.6% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.3/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Cost burden runs 55% here against 48.5% across Camden County.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 212 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 20.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 17.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #4,622 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34007601800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007601800?

Census tract 34007601800 in the Waterfront South 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 34007601800?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007601800?

33.0% of residents in tract 34007601800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007601800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 96th, minority 96th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 34007601800 considered part of Waterfront South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34007601800 fall within Waterfront South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007601800?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 212 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007601800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.50% of renter households, peaking at 20.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34007601800 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.3% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34007601800 compare to Camden overall?

Tract 34007601800 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 34007601800 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. 5% 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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