Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Elwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001010700 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 5,820 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Elwood
How risky is Elwood for landlords? Census tract 34001010700 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.
About 13% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $926 monthly, set against $91,875 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,179
Renter share6.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$91,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elwood and the region
Centroid at 39.5988, -74.6745 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elwood scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elwood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elwood
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elwood
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elwood
4.4
How Elwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 98Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.3%Peak (2014)
- 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 89% 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elwood
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. 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 Elwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 98 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 9.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.3% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010700?
Census tract 34001010700 in Elwood scores 3.5/10 (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 34001010700?
Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001010700?
7.3% of residents in tract 34001010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,820.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 32th, minority 25th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001010700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.09% of renter households, peaking at 16.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001010700 compare to Elwood overall?
Tract 34001010700 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Elwood at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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