Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Northfield Plaza Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34001012401 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,890 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34001012401 (Northfield Plaza in Northfield, New Jersey) comes in at 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #8,270 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,480 monthly, set against $84,753 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,131
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$84,753
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northfield and the region
Centroid at 39.3712, -74.5430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northfield Plaza scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northfield
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,480 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northfield
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northfield
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northfield
5.9
How Northfield Plaza compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 47%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 43Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2013)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northfield Plaza
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Northfield, 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 riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 34001012401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012401?
Census tract 34001012401 in the Northfield Plaza neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 34001012401?
Median gross rent is $1,480/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012401?
1.2% of residents in tract 34001012401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,890.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 26th, minority 22th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 34001012401 considered part of Northfield Plaza?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001012401 fall within Northfield Plaza (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012401?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.31% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001012401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001012401 compare to Northfield overall?
Tract 34001012401 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Northfield at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34001012401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northfield
Top eight tracts in Northfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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