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Waterfront South Eviction Risk: High , Camden

Tract 34007601800 · Camden County, NJ · pop 918 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

In the Waterfront South neighborhood of Camden, census tract 34007601800 scores 7.7/10 for eviction risk. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,143 a month against an average household income of $56,848 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 14% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units346
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$56,848

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Waterfront South
Moderate
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 19 tracts In Camden
Low
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#13 of 129 tracts In Camden County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#171 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Camden and the region

Centroid at 39.9218, -75.1259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterfront South scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Camden
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Camden
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Camden
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Camden
7.0

How Waterfront South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterfront South risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.28.2This tracttract 601800Camden: 8.38.3Camdenparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 212Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 17.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.9%Peak (2016)
  • 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340076018002013: 31 filings (16.76/100 renter HHs)2014: 36 filings (19.46/100 renter HHs)2015: 33 filings (17.84/100 renter HHs)2016: 46 filings (20.91/100 renter HHs)2017: 28 filings (12.73/100 renter HHs)2018: 38 filings (17.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 23% over the past 6 months.
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 Waterfront South

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Camden eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Camden County average of 6.8 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 5% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 34007601800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007601800?

Census tract 34007601800 in the Waterfront South neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High 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 34007601800?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007601800?

33.0% of residents in tract 34007601800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007601800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 96th, minority 96th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 34007601800 considered part of Waterfront South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34007601800 fall within Waterfront South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007601800?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 212 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007601800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.50% of renter households, peaking at 20.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34007601800 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.3% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34007601800 compare to Camden overall?

Tract 34007601800 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Camden at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Camden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 34007601800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 5% 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 Camden

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

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