Census Tract · Ranked #238 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34029715301 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 9,139

Census tract 34029715301 is in Lakewood, New Jersey. It has a population of 9,139 and an eviction-risk score of 8.0/10 (High tier). 70% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 40% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,876/month against a median household income of $60,736 — roughly 37% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

8.0

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 22% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units1,993

Renter share72.4%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate34.6%

Median income$60,736

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 40.1059, -74.2098 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood scores 8.0

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lakewood

5.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.6

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

34.6% poverty · this tract

8.6

Supply constraint

$1,876 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lakewood

9.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lakewood

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lakewood

9.3

How Lakewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

93%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

393Total filings over 6 yrs
5.05%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak (2016)
80Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2013 — 2018

Filings climbed 29% over the past 6 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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
28.1%Food insecurity
22.2%SNAP enrollment
15.3%Transit barriers
16.9%No health insurance
22.9%Frequent mental distress
32.3%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 34029715301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715301?

Census tract 34029715301 in Lakewood scores 8.0/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34029715301?

Median gross rent is $1,876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029715301?

34.6% of residents in tract 34029715301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,139.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029715301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 22th, minority 24th, housing 84th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029715301?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029715301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.05% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34029715301 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34029715301 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 34029715301 scores 8.0/10 — higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

Top eight tracts in Lakewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.