Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Ventnor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ventnor City
Tract 34001013302 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,516 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Here is how census tract 34001013302, in the Ventnor Heights area of Ventnor City, looks to a landlord: a 6.6/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,516. On the national scale it ranks #9,645 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,684 monthly, set against $84,063 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,257
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$84,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ventnor City and the region
Centroid at 39.3386, -74.4800 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ventnor Heights scores 5.5
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,684 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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.
- 16%Grade A
- 24%Grade B
- 2%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)
- 225Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2017)
- 41Filings 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ventnor Heights
The heaviest input here is 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 about the same as the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 34001013302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001013302?
Census tract 34001013302 in the Ventnor Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 34001013302?
Median gross rent is $1,684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001013302?
17.3% of residents in tract 34001013302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001013302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 41th, minority 45th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 34001013302 considered part of Ventnor Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001013302 fall within Ventnor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001013302?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 225 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001013302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.98% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001013302 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001013302 compare to Ventnor City overall?
Tract 34001013302 scores 5.5/10, 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 34001013302 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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