1 census tracts · pop 4,883 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.4–4.4
Penn Oak Park maps to a single census tract in Ramblewood, NJ, population 4,883. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Ramblewood baseline of 30.8%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10. 19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 852 evictions logged in this tract.
At $1,957 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Ramblewood commands. SNAP participation is 5.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 26.2% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.7% of adults, 8.1 points below the national rate. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $110,998. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Penn Oak Park vs RamblewoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Penn Oak Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
852Total filings (sum)
21.00%Avg annual filing rate
26.2%Peak year (2018)
26.22%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Penn Oak Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.9%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
5.5%SNAP enrollment
7.7%No health insurance
24.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Penn Oak Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Penn Oak Park?
Penn Oak Park scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Penn Oak Park compare to Ramblewood overall?
Penn Oak Park scores 0.6 points lower than Ramblewood overall (5/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,957 vs $2,277.
Q3
What is the average rent in Penn Oak Park?
Average gross rent in Penn Oak Park is $1,957/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Penn Oak Park residents are renters?
32% of Penn Oak Park households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Ramblewood). The neighborhood has 4,883 residents.
Q5
Is Penn Oak Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Penn Oak Park sits in the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Penn Oak Park for landlords?
Penn Oak Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Ramblewood as a whole (5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Penn Oak Park?
Penn Oak Park has 4,984 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.4%), Other / Multiracial (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
