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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Williamstown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34015501605 · Gloucester County, NJ · pop 4,668 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Williamstown

Census tract 34015501605 covers part of Williamstown, NJ, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,668 residents. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,790
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$73,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Williamstown
Very High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#20 of 69 tracts In Gloucester County
Elevated
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#1,150 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Williamstown and the region

Centroid at 39.6371, -74.9230 · click any tract to drill in

Why Williamstown scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Williamstown
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Williamstown
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Williamstown
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Williamstown
5.0

How Williamstown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Williamstown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 5016054.4Williamstownparent 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)

  • 114Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 9.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.8%Peak (2017)
  • 14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34015501605
Filings dropped 44% 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 Williamstown

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. At $1,575 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Williamstown commands.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 114 evictions over 6 years of observation.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10. SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 0.7 points above the Gloucester County average of 4.8. Filings peaked in 2017 at 14.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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 34015501605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34015501605?

Census tract 34015501605 in Williamstown scores 5.5/10 (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 34015501605?

Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34015501605?

10.6% of residents in tract 34015501605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,668.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34015501605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 71th, minority 46th, housing 72th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34015501605?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 114 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34015501605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.65% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34015501605 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34015501605 compare to Williamstown overall?

Tract 34015501605 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Williamstown at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Williamstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Williamstown

Top eight tracts in Williamstown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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