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Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Paulsboro Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34015500400 · Gloucester County, NJ · pop 6,195

Census tract 34015500400 covers part of Paulsboro, NJ, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,195. Against Gloucester County at 45.2%, 73% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 9% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,336
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$68,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Paulsboro
Moderate
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 69 tracts In Gloucester County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#515 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#10,320 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Paulsboro and the region

Centroid at 39.8400, -75.2400 · click any tract to drill in

Why Paulsboro scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Paulsboro
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paulsboro
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paulsboro
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paulsboro
6.9

How Paulsboro compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Paulsboro risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.5This tracttract 5004006.1Paulsboroparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

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)

  • 994Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 21.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.7%Peak (2017)
  • 178Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34015500400
Filings climbed 16% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Paulsboro

Against the Gloucester County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 994 filings here across 6 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 24.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 21.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $68,750, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34015500400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34015500400?

Census tract 34015500400 in Paulsboro scores 7.5/10 (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 34015500400?

Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34015500400?

12.7% of residents in tract 34015500400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,195.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34015500400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 74th, minority 74th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34015500400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 994 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34015500400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.26% of renter households, peaking at 24.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34015500400 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.8% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34015500400 compare to Paulsboro overall?

Tract 34015500400 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Paulsboro at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paulsboro; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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