Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Hammonton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34001011000 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,807
How risky is Hammonton for landlords? Census tract 34001011000 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #4,709 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,180 monthly, set against $91,585 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units973
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$91,585
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hammonton and the region
Centroid at 39.6123, -74.7990 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hammonton scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hammonton
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,180 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hammonton
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hammonton
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hammonton
7.2
How Hammonton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 89Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.6%Peak (2013)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hammonton
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Hammonton, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34001011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001011000?
Census tract 34001011000 in Hammonton scores 5.1/10 (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 34001011000?
Median gross rent is $1,180/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001011000?
8.1% of residents in tract 34001011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,807.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 62th, minority 35th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001011000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001011000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.88% of renter households, peaking at 14.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001011000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001011000 compare to Hammonton overall?
Tract 34001011000 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Hammonton at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hammonton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hammonton
Top eight tracts in Hammonton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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