Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Lancaster Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Margate City
Tract 34001013101 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 1,005 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 34001013101 sits in the Lancaster Park neighborhood of Margate City, New Jersey eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $211,111 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units464
Renter share6.3%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$211,111
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Margate City and the region
Centroid at 39.3250, -74.5069 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lancaster Park scores 3.3
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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 31%Grade A
- 28%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)
- 10Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 38.5%Peak (2016)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.7%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 10.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%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 well 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 10 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 15.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 38.5% of renter households in 2016.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001013101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013101?
Census tract 34001013101 in the Lancaster Park neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 34001013101?
3.1% of residents in tract 34001013101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,005.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 21th, minority 7th, housing 38th.
Q4
Is tract 34001013101 considered part of Lancaster Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001013101 fall within Lancaster Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34001013101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.54% of renter households, peaking at 38.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34001013101 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34001013101 compare to Margate City overall?
Tract 34001013101 scores 3.3/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 34001013101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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