Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Elwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001010700 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 5,820 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Elwood
Tract 34001010700 sits in Elwood, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. Population here is 5,820. Cost burden runs roughly one in eight here against 48.9% across Atlantic County.
Risk score
3.2
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
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elwood and the region
Centroid at 39.5988, -74.6745 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elwood scores 3.2
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 score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Against the Atlantic County average of 5.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.3 points. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. The filing record is not thin: 98 evictions over 6 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 16.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $91,875, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.8 points cooler. Average gross rent is $926, close to the Elwood average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001010700?
Census tract 34001010700 in Elwood scores 3.2/10 (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 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Elwood at 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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