Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Westmont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34007603902 · Camden County, NJ · pop 3,412
Census tract 34007603902 covers part of Westmont, NJ, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,412. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,889
Renter share64.6%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$91,172
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmont and the region
Centroid at 39.9004, -75.0595 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westmont scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westmont
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,794 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westmont
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westmont
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westmont
5.0
How Westmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
- 3%Grade B
- 19%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
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)
- 259Total filings over 6 yrs
- 7.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2014)
- 43Filings 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Camden County average of 48.5%. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 259 evictions over 6 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 8.8% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Camden. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34007603902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007603902?
Census tract 34007603902 in Westmont scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 34007603902?
Median gross rent is $1,794/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34007603902?
8.9% of residents in tract 34007603902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,412.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34007603902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 50th, minority 36th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007603902?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007603902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.05% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34007603902 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34007603902 compare to Westmont overall?
Tract 34007603902 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Westmont at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 34007603902 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 Westmont
Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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