Census Tract · Ranked #7,518 of 84,120 nationally

Bellmawr Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34007606800 · Camden County, NJ · pop 4,114

Census tract 34007606800 covers Bellmawr, home to 4,114 residents. For landlords it grades 6.3/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #14,673 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,318 a month while the average household earns $79,980 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 10% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units1,589

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate11.7%

Median income$79,980

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellmawr and the region

Centroid at 39.8662, -75.0743 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellmawr scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bellmawr

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.7% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,318 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bellmawr

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bellmawr

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bellmawr

4.6

How Bellmawr compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

66%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
54%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 · 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)

189Total filings over 6 yrs
14.24%Avg annual filing rate
14.3%Peak (2015)
34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2013 to 2018

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

11.7%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
8.8%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
28.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bellmawr

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Bellmawr, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 34007606800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34007606800?

Census tract 34007606800 in Bellmawr 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.

What is the average rent in tract 34007606800?

Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34007606800?

11.7% of residents in tract 34007606800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,114.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34007606800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 50th, minority 41th, housing 71th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34007606800?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34007606800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.24% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34007606800 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34007606800 compare to Bellmawr overall?

Tract 34007606800 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellmawr at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellmawr; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 34007606800 historically redlined?

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

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