1 census tracts · pop 5,557 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 7.7–7.7
Laguna Oaks is a one-tract neighborhood of Cape May Court House, NJ, population 5,557. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 50%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.3/10. Against a Cape May Court House baseline of 51.0%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The filing record is not thin: 147 evictions logged in this tract. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 9.0% of renter households. Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,389, close to the Cape May Court House average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $74,503. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Laguna Oaks vs Cape May Court HouseHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority35%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport92%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Laguna Oaks
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
147Total filings (sum)
6.28%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak year (2018)
9.03%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Laguna Oaks
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.2%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility shutoff threat
12.8%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
9.3%No health insurance
29.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Laguna Oaks
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Laguna Oaks?
Laguna Oaks scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 Laguna Oaks compare to Cape May Court House overall?
Laguna Oaks scores 1.2 points higher than Cape May Court House overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $1,389 vs $1,429.
Q3
What is the average rent in Laguna Oaks?
Average gross rent in Laguna Oaks is $1,389/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Laguna Oaks residents are renters?
33% of Laguna Oaks households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Cape May Court House). The neighborhood has 5,557 residents.
Q5
Is Laguna Oaks a high social-vulnerability area?
Laguna Oaks sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Laguna Oaks for landlords?
Laguna Oaks carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). 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 Cape May Court House as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Laguna Oaks?
Laguna Oaks has 5,375 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.6%), Hispanic / Latino (9.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
