1 census tracts · pop 7,615 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Upper Dock maps to a single census tract in Barnegat, NJ, population 7,615. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 48%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
81% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Barnegat rate of 34.6%. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.8/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10.
At $2,051 a month, rents sit 17% over what the rest of Barnegat commands. The filing record is not thin: 459 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 24.4% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 19.7% in 2018 against a 24.4% peak. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $82,500.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Upper Dock vs BarnegatHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Upper Dock
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
459Total filings (sum)
20.93%Avg annual filing rate
24.4%Peak year (2017)
19.73%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Upper Dock
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.5%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
9.9%No health insurance
25.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Upper Dock
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Upper Dock?
Upper Dock scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Upper Dock compare to Barnegat overall?
Upper Dock scores 0.1 points lower than Barnegat overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 81% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $2,051 vs $1,755.
Q3
What is the average rent in Upper Dock?
Average gross rent in Upper Dock is $2,051/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Upper Dock residents are renters?
17% of Upper Dock households are renter-occupied (vs 19% in Barnegat). The neighborhood has 7,615 residents.
Q5
Is Upper Dock a high social-vulnerability area?
Upper Dock sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Upper Dock for landlords?
Upper Dock carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Barnegat as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Upper Dock?
Upper Dock has 7,662 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.9%), Hispanic / Latino (10.6%), Other / Multiracial (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
