Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Ocean City Harbors Eviction Risk: Elevated , Somers Point
Tract 34001012702 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 1,645 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 7.8/10, tract 34001012702 in the Ocean City Harbors area of Somers Point, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,645. At $626 a month, rents run 55% under what the rest of Somers Point commands.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units702
Renter share43.6%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$55,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somers Point and the region
Centroid at 39.3167, -74.6163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ocean City Harbors scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somers Point
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$626 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somers Point
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somers Point
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somers Point
6.0
How Ocean City Harbors compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 350Total filings over 6 yrs
- 17.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.9%Peak (2014)
- 39Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 39% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ocean City Harbors. 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ocean City Harbors
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Against the Atlantic County average of 5.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Atlantic County average of 48.9%. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 350 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 20.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 18.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $55,833, annual rent is just 13%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001012702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012702?
Census tract 34001012702 in the Ocean City Harbors neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 34001012702?
Median gross rent is $626/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012702?
19.7% of residents in tract 34001012702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,645.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 90th, minority 44th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 34001012702 considered part of Ocean City Harbors?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001012702 fall within Ocean City Harbors (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012702?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 350 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.98% of renter households, peaking at 20.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001012702 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001012702 compare to Somers Point overall?
Tract 34001012702 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Somers Point at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somers Point; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Somers Point
Top eight tracts in Somers Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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