Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Paulsboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34015500400 · Gloucester County, NJ · pop 6,195
Paulsboro anchors census tract 34015500400, which lands at 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
73% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $970 monthly, set against $68,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,336
Renter share33.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$68,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paulsboro and the region
Centroid at 39.8400, -75.2400 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paulsboro scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paulsboro
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paulsboro
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paulsboro
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paulsboro
6.9
How Paulsboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 994Total filings over 6 yrs
- 21.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.7%Peak (2017)
- 178Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.9%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paulsboro
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Paulsboro, 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 72nd 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 994 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 21.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 24.7% of renter households in 2017.
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 34015500400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34015500400?
Census tract 34015500400 in Paulsboro scores 5.6/10 (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 34015500400?
Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34015500400?
12.7% of residents in tract 34015500400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,195.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34015500400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 74th, minority 74th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34015500400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 994 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34015500400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.26% of renter households, peaking at 24.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34015500400 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34015500400 compare to Paulsboro overall?
Tract 34015500400 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Paulsboro at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paulsboro; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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