Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Ventnor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ventnor City
Tract 34001013201 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,542 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 34001013201, home to 2,542 residents in the Ventnor Heights area of Ventnor City, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,231 a month against an average household income of $74,143 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
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 parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
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 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 19%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)
- 321Total filings over 6 yrs
- 11.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2014)
- 54Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ventnor Heights
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 Ventnor 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 321 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 11.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.2% of renter households in 2014.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 34001013201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013201?
Census tract 34001013201 in the Ventnor Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Ventnor City at 7.2/10. 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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