Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Collings Lakes Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34001011202 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 7,068 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Collings Lakes
For landlords sizing up Collings Lakes, census tract 34001011202 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
66% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,275 a month against an average household income of $79,436 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,983
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$79,436
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Collings Lakes and the region
Centroid at 39.5131, -74.8800 · click any tract to drill in
Why Collings Lakes scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Collings Lakes
7.0
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
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Collings Lakes
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Collings Lakes
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Collings Lakes
4.9
How Collings Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 297Total filings over 6 yrs
- 10.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2018)
- 57Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% 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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Collings Lakes
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.4/10. 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 Collings Lakes, 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 in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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.
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 34001011202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001011202?
Census tract 34001011202 in Collings Lakes 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 34001011202?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001011202?
8.1% of residents in tract 34001011202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,068.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001011202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 85th, minority 47th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001011202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 297 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001011202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.21% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001011202 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001011202 compare to Collings Lakes overall?
Tract 34001011202 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Collings Lakes at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collings Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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