Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Diamond Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wildwood Crest
Tract 34009021600 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,104 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 34009021600 sits in the Diamond Beach area of Wildwood Crest, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 3,104 residents. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Cape May County average of 43.6%.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,904
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$82,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wildwood Crest and the region
Centroid at 38.9703, -74.8371 · click any tract to drill in
Why Diamond Beach scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
6.4
How Diamond Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 118Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2013)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Diamond Beach
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 118 filings here across 4 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 7.0% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when 14.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10.
Against average income of $82,143, annual rent is just 14%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009021600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021600?
Census tract 34009021600 in the Diamond Beach neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 34009021600?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021600?
8.5% of residents in tract 34009021600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,104.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 28th, minority 3th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 34009021600 considered part of Diamond Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34009021600 fall within Diamond Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.94% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34009021600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34009021600 compare to Wildwood Crest overall?
Tract 34009021600 scores 4.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Wildwood Crest at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wildwood Crest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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