Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Smithville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001010501 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 7,283 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Smithville
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 34001010501 in Smithville ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 7,283 residents. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 58% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,484 a month against an average household income of $90,587 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units3,855
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$90,587
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithville and the region
Centroid at 39.4885, -74.3986 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithville scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,484 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithville
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithville
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithville
6.6
How Smithville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 117Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2017)
- 20Filings 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithville
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.8/10. 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 Smithville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 34001010501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010501?
Census tract 34001010501 in Smithville scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 34001010501?
Median gross rent is $1,484/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010501?
4.2% of residents in tract 34001010501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 51th, minority 24th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010501?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 117 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.25% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001010501 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001010501 compare to Smithville overall?
Tract 34001010501 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Smithville at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smithville
Top eight tracts in Smithville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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