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Neighborhood · Oakhurst, NJ

Wertheins Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 8,311 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 5.2–6.5

Wertheins Corner takes in 2 census tracts of Oakhurst, NJ, population 8,311. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 53% against 31.1% citywide, putting Wertheins Corner 21.8% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. At $2,140 a month, rents sit 35% under what the rest of Oakhurst commands. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.7/10.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.2 to 6.5, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Court records carry 393 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 25.1% of renter households. SNAP participation is 6.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $115,120.

41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Wertheins Corner vs Oakhurst How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
52.9% +70%
Oakhurst: 31.1%
Average gross rent
$2,140 -35%
Oakhurst: $3,305
Average HH income
$115,120 -19%
Oakhurst: $142,727
Poverty rate
6.5% +496%
Oakhurst: 1.1%
Renter share
41.1% +182%
Oakhurst: 14.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wertheins Corner and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.2–6.5

Why Wertheins Corner scores 5.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts
4.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.4–6.8 across tracts
5.9
Rent control risk
53% of income on rent · Range 6.8–7.3 across tracts
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–6.1 across tracts
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
41% renter households · Range 3.8–4.0 across tracts
3.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.6–5.0 across tracts
4.8
Economic stress
6.5% below poverty line · Range 1.2–2.4 across tracts
1.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.8–7.8 across tracts
5.5
Risk score comparison

Wertheins Corner vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Wertheins Corner score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.7Wertheins CornerNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Wertheins Corner

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34025806504 6.5 3,193 47% $1,383
34025806400 5.2 5,118 56% $2,613
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 45

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 42%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 59%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 53%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 38%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Wertheins Corner

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 393Total filings (sum)
  • 12.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 25.1%Peak year (2018)
  • 13.70%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wertheins Corner

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Wertheins Corner

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Wertheins Corner?

Wertheins Corner scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Wertheins Corner compare to Oakhurst overall?

Wertheins Corner scores 0.2 points lower than Oakhurst overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,140 vs $3,305.
Q3

What is the average rent in Wertheins Corner?

Average gross rent in Wertheins Corner is $2,140/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Wertheins Corner residents are renters?

41% of Wertheins Corner households are renter-occupied (vs 15% in Oakhurst). The neighborhood has 8,311 residents.
Q5

Is Wertheins Corner a high social-vulnerability area?

Wertheins Corner sits in the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Wertheins Corner have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Wertheins Corner is census tract 34025806504 (score 6.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 6.5, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Wertheins Corner for landlords?

Wertheins Corner carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Oakhurst as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Wertheins Corner?

Wertheins Corner has 8,189 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (17.9%), Other / Multiracial (12.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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