Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Wildwood Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34009021500 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 1,881
34009021500 is a census tract in Wildwood, NJ. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Against the Cape May County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.1 points.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units998
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$59,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wildwood and the region
Centroid at 38.9899, -74.8257 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildwood scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wildwood
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,176 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wildwood
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wildwood
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wildwood
8.3
How Wildwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 401Total filings over 4 yrs
- 23.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.1%Peak (2013)
- 73Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 15.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildwood
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10.
The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 49% here against 43.6% across Cape May County.
At $1,176 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Wildwood commands. The filing record is not thin: 401 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2013, when 36.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 23.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009021500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021500?
Census tract 34009021500 in Wildwood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 34009021500?
Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021500?
22.4% of residents in tract 34009021500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,881.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 59th, minority 50th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 401 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.61% of renter households, peaking at 36.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009021500 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009021500 compare to Wildwood overall?
Tract 34009021500 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Wildwood at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wildwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wildwood
Top eight tracts in Wildwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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