Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Ocean City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 34009020205 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 978 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Ocean City
Tract 34009020205, home to 978 residents in Ocean City in Cape May County, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,737 monthly, set against $116,629 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units583
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$116,629
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ocean City and the region
Centroid at 39.2292, -74.6368 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ocean City scores 4.3
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,737 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 6Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2017)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.3%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 11.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ocean City
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 inherited from Ocean City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cape May County average of 6.0 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009020205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009020205?
Census tract 34009020205 in Ocean City scores 4.3/10 (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 34009020205?
Median gross rent is $1,737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009020205?
4.2% of residents in tract 34009020205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 978.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009020205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 12th, minority 1th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009020205?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 34009020205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.32% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009020205 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009020205 compare to Ocean City overall?
Tract 34009020205 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Ocean City at 7.4/10. 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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