Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #6,432 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Ephraim Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34007611700 · Camden County, NJ · pop 2,945 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Mount Ephraim
For landlords sizing up Mount Ephraim, census tract 34007611700 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,819 monthly, set against $103,482 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,075
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$103,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Ephraim and the region
Centroid at 39.8861, -75.0891 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Ephraim scores 8.5
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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,819 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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
- 51%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 95%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)
- 199Total filings over 6 yrs
- 14.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.9%Peak (2015)
- 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 59% 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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Ephraim
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34007611700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007611700?
Census tract 34007611700 in Mount Ephraim scores 8.5/10 (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 34007611700?
Median gross rent is $1,819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34007611700?
13.2% of residents in tract 34007611700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,945.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34007611700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 51th, minority 29th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007611700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 199 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007611700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.17% of renter households, peaking at 19.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34007611700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34007611700 compare to Mount Ephraim overall?
Tract 34007611700 scores 8.5/10, higher 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 34007611700 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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