2 census tracts · pop 9,490 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3.5–3.6
Barnegat Pines takes in 2 census tracts of Forked River, NJ and houses 9,490 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.6/10, in the Lower tier. 40% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Forked River rate of 24.3%.
Average gross rent is $1,101, 49% below the Forked River average of $2,170. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10. Court records for this tract carry 41 eviction filings.
SNAP participation is 5.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 17.0% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 15.6% in 2018 against a 17.0% peak. At 17% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Sunrise Beach and Pheasant Run score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $106,746, annual rent is only 12%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.1 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Barnegat Pines vs Forked RiverHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority43%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport23%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Barnegat Pines
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
41Total filings (sum)
12.99%Avg annual filing rate
17.0%Peak year (2014)
15.56%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Barnegat Pines
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
10.4%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
8.6%No health insurance
23.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Barnegat Pines
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Barnegat Pines?
Barnegat Pines scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 Barnegat Pines compare to Forked River overall?
Barnegat Pines scores 0.8 points lower than Forked River overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 24% citywide. Average rent: $1,101 vs $2,170.
Q3
What is the average rent in Barnegat Pines?
Average gross rent in Barnegat Pines is $1,101/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Barnegat Pines residents are renters?
17% of Barnegat Pines households are renter-occupied (vs 8% in Forked River). The neighborhood has 9,490 residents.
Q5
Is Barnegat Pines a high social-vulnerability area?
Barnegat Pines sits in the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Barnegat Pines have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Barnegat Pines is census tract 34029732003 (score 3.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 3.6, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Barnegat Pines for landlords?
Barnegat Pines carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). 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 Forked River as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Barnegat Pines?
Barnegat Pines has 9,320 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.6%), Hispanic / Latino (17.2%), Other / Multiracial (4.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
