Neighborhood · Ranked #5,441 of 84,120 nationally

Whitman Park Eviction Risk: High , Collingswood

Tract 34007601500 · Camden County, NJ · pop 5,394 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 34007601500 belongs to the Whitman Park neighborhood of Collingswood, New Jersey. It is home to 5,394 residents and scores 7.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,081 a month while the average household earns $43,425 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 35% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units2,249

Renter share82.7%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate18.9%

Median income$43,425

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Collingswood and the region

Centroid at 39.9243, -75.0992 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitman Park scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Collingswood

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

18.9% poverty · this tract

4.7

Supply constraint

$1,081 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Collingswood

7.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Collingswood

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Collingswood

7.0

How Whitman Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

95%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
88%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
29%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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)

2,595Total filings over 6 yrs
28.97%Avg annual filing rate
29.8%Peak (2015)
435Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2013 to 2018

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whitman Park. 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.

34.0%Housing insecurity
22.0%Utility-shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
35.5%SNAP enrollment
20.4%Transit barriers
23.4%No health insurance
21.1%Frequent mental distress
40.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitman Park

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Collingswood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 34007601500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007601500?

Census tract 34007601500 in the Whitman Park 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.

What is the average rent in tract 34007601500?

Median gross rent is $1,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007601500?

18.9% of residents in tract 34007601500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,394.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007601500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 99th, housing 88th.

Is tract 34007601500 considered part of Whitman Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34007601500 fall within Whitman Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007601500?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,595 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007601500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.97% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34007601500 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.0% 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. 22.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34007601500 compare to Collingswood overall?

Tract 34007601500 scores 8.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Collingswood at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collingswood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34007601500 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 Collingswood

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