Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Sheffield Gate Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34015501209 · Gloucester County, NJ · pop 6,812 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34015501209 (the Sheffield Gate area of Gloucester, New Jersey) comes in at 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,530 a month while the average household earns $108,304 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,643
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$108,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gloucester County and the region
Centroid at 39.7740, -75.0993 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheffield Gate scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,530 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Sheffield Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 1,210Total filings over 6 yrs
- 17.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.7%Peak (2018)
- 252Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sheffield Gate
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by New Jersey eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Gloucester County average of 6.3 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34015501209
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34015501209?
Census tract 34015501209 in the Sheffield Gate neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 34015501209?
Median gross rent is $1,530/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34015501209?
3.7% of residents in tract 34015501209 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34015501209?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 13th, minority 36th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 34015501209 considered part of Sheffield Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34015501209 fall within Sheffield Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34015501209?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,210 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34015501209 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.22% of renter households, peaking at 23.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34015501209 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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