Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #10,020 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Ephraim Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34007605400 · Camden County, NJ · pop 2,498
Census tract 34007605400 belongs to Mount Ephraim in Camden County, New Jersey. It is home to 2,498 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,203 a month against an average household income of $93,750 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,155
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$93,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Ephraim and the region
Centroid at 39.8791, -75.0944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Ephraim scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Ephraim
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,203 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Ephraim
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Ephraim
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Ephraim
4.2
How Mount Ephraim compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 0%Grade B
- 79%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)
- 42Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2013)
- 11Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Ephraim
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Mount Ephraim, 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 42 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2013.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34007605400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007605400?
Census tract 34007605400 in Mount Ephraim scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 34007605400?
Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34007605400?
4.6% of residents in tract 34007605400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34007605400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 26th, minority 27th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007605400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007605400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.07% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34007605400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34007605400 compare to Mount Ephraim overall?
Tract 34007605400 scores 7.7/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Ephraim at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Ephraim; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34007605400 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 Mount Ephraim
Top eight tracts in Mount Ephraim ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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