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Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Westmont Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34007603901 · Camden County, NJ · pop 5,029

Tract 34007603901 sits in Westmont, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 15% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,076
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$110,046

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Westmont
Moderate
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 129 tracts In Camden County
Moderate
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#1,286 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,336 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westmont and the region

Centroid at 39.9032, -75.0544 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westmont scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westmont
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,391 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westmont
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westmont
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westmont
5.0

How Westmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westmont risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 6039016.2Westmontparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 444Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 10.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.6%Peak (2017)
  • 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34007603901
Filings dropped 51% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Westmont

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,391, 21% below the Westmont average. SNAP participation runs 4.0% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.

Court records carry 444 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2017, when 15.6% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Camden. 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 10.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $110,046, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 51% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Camden County average of 5.7 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34007603901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007603901?

Census tract 34007603901 in Westmont 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 34007603901?

Median gross rent is $1,391/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007603901?

7.0% of residents in tract 34007603901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,029.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007603901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 18th, minority 11th, housing 26th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007603901?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 444 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007603901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.37% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 34007603901 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34007603901 compare to Westmont overall?

Tract 34007603901 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Westmont at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 34007603901 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 Westmont

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

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