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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,646 of 84,120 nationally

Whitman Park Eviction Risk: High , Collingswood

Tract 34007604200 · Camden County, NJ · pop 3,209 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Whitman Park in Collingswood is where census tract 34007604200 sits, home to 3,209 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,500 monthly, set against $91,020 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 22% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,543
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$91,020

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 4 tracts In Whitman Park
Very High
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 4 tracts In Collingswood
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileBottomTop
#16 of 129 tracts In Camden County
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileBottomTop
#225 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Collingswood and the region

Centroid at 39.9218, -75.0777 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitman Park scores 9.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Collingswood
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Collingswood
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Collingswood
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Collingswood
6.4

How Whitman Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitman Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.19.1This tracttract 604200Collingswood: 8.68.6Collingswoodparent cityCounty: 8.38.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.87.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

  • 386Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 8.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.8%Peak (2013)
  • 64Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340076042002013: 79 filings (10.78/100 renter HHs)2014: 67 filings (9.14/100 renter HHs)2015: 66 filings (9.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 51 filings (6.82/100 renter HHs)2017: 59 filings (7.89/100 renter HHs)2018: 64 filings (8.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whitman Park. 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 Whitman Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Collingswood, 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 386 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 8.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.8% of renter households in 2013.

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 34007604200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007604200?

Census tract 34007604200 in the Whitman Park neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 34007604200?

Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007604200?

14.3% of residents in tract 34007604200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,209.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007604200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 26th, minority 32th, housing 50th.

Q5

Is tract 34007604200 considered part of Whitman Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34007604200 fall within Whitman Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007604200?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007604200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 34007604200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 34007604200 compare to Collingswood overall?

Tract 34007604200 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Collingswood at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collingswood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 34007604200 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 Collingswood

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

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