Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Lancaster Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Margate City
Tract 34001013000 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,153 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Lancaster Park area of Margate City is where census tract 34001013000 sits, home to 3,153 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $394 a month against an average household income of $125,208 a year, roughly 4% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,387
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$125,208
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Margate City and the region
Centroid at 39.3314, -74.4992 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lancaster Park scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Margate City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$394 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Margate City
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Margate City
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Margate City
5.3
How Lancaster Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 38%Grade B
- 0%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
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2013)
- 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lancaster Park. 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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lancaster Park
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.7/10. 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 Margate City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 43 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001013000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013000?
Census tract 34001013000 in the Lancaster Park neighborhood 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 34001013000?
Median gross rent is $394/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001013000?
4.6% of residents in tract 34001013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,153.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 55th, minority 4th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 34001013000 considered part of Lancaster Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001013000 fall within Lancaster Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001013000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001013000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001013000 compare to Margate City overall?
Tract 34001013000 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Margate City at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Margate City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34001013000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Margate City
Top eight tracts in Margate City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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