Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Ventnor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ventnor City
Tract 34001013202 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,071 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 34001013202 covers part of the Ventnor Heights area of Ventnor City, NJ, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,071 residents. Against Atlantic County at 48.9%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units926
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$68,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ventnor City and the region
Centroid at 39.3426, -74.4752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ventnor Heights scores 4.4
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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,472 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 21%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 13%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)
- 156Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2015)
- 28Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ventnor Heights
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Atlantic County average of 5.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 156 filings here across 6 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 10.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001013202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013202?
Census tract 34001013202 in the Ventnor Heights neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 34001013202?
Median gross rent is $1,472/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001013202?
3.0% of residents in tract 34001013202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,071.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 80th, minority 39th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 34001013202 considered part of Ventnor Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001013202 fall within Ventnor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013202?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 156 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001013202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.98% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001013202 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001013202 compare to Ventnor City overall?
Tract 34001013202 scores 4.4/10, lower than 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 34001013202 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 Ventnor City
Top eight tracts in Ventnor City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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