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
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Paulsboro
Moderate
Within county
93th percentile
#6 of 69 tracts In Gloucester County
Very High
Within state
76th percentile
#515 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
National
88th percentile
#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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
77%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation
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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
18.8%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.9%Food insecurity
14.2%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability
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.