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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Ventnor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ventnor City

Tract 34001013201 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,542 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

34001013201 is a census tract in the Ventnor Heights area of Ventnor City, NJ. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,542. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 28% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,164
Renter share44.0%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$74,143

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Ventnor Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Ventnor City
Elevated
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Moderate
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,350 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ventnor City and the region

Centroid at 39.3498, -74.4751 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ventnor Heights scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ventnor City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,231 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ventnor City
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ventnor City
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ventnor City
5.5

How Ventnor Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ventnor Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0132015.0Ventnor Cityparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 321Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 11.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2014)
  • 54Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34001013201
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ventnor Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ventnor Heights

36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Atlantic County average of 48.9%. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10.

Court records carry 321 eviction filings across 6 observed years. At $1,231 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Ventnor City commands. Filings peaked in 2014 at 12.2% of renter households.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlantic City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 11.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34001013201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013201?

Census tract 34001013201 in the Ventnor Heights neighborhood 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 34001013201?

Median gross rent is $1,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001013201?

10.8% of residents in tract 34001013201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,542.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 71th, minority 62th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 34001013201 considered part of Ventnor Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001013201 fall within Ventnor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013201?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 321 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001013201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.89% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34001013201 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.
Q8

How does tract 34001013201 compare to Ventnor City overall?

Tract 34001013201 scores 5.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Ventnor City at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ventnor City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34001013201 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 Ventnor City

Top eight tracts in Ventnor City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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