Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Westville Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34015500100 · Gloucester County, NJ · pop 4,276
Census tract 34015500100 belongs to Westville in Gloucester County, New Jersey. It is home to 4,276 residents and scores 7.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #2,257 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,096 a month while the average household earns $78,333 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,906
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$78,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westville and the region
Centroid at 39.8707, -75.1299 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westville scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westville
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,096 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westville
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westville
8.4
How Westville 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.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
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)
- 689Total filings over 6 yrs
- 19.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.3%Peak (2013)
- 95Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Westville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Gloucester County average of 6.3 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34015500100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34015500100?
Census tract 34015500100 in Westville scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 34015500100?
Median gross rent is $1,096/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34015500100?
17.0% of residents in tract 34015500100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,276.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34015500100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 43th, minority 50th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34015500100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 689 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34015500100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.97% of renter households, peaking at 25.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34015500100 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34015500100 compare to Westville overall?
Tract 34015500100 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Westville at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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