Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Ocean City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34009020101 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,695 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Ocean City
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 34009020101 in Ocean City, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,695 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,946
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$86,933
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ocean City and the region
Centroid at 39.2818, -74.5675 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ocean City scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ocean City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ocean City
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ocean City
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ocean City
5.7
How Ocean City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 243Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2018)
- 79Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 4 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ocean City
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Cost burden runs 50% here against 43.6% across Cape May County.
Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 243 filings here across 4 tracked years. The voucher gap is 14.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2018 at 12.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009020101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009020101?
Census tract 34009020101 in Ocean City scores 5.5/10 (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 34009020101?
Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009020101?
3.9% of residents in tract 34009020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,695.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009020101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 33th, minority 36th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009020101?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009020101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009020101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009020101 compare to Ocean City overall?
Tract 34009020101 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Ocean City at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ocean City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ocean City
Top eight tracts in Ocean City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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