Census Tract · Ranked #327 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34029715401 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 5,534 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood

Census tract 34029715401 is in Lakewood, New Jersey. It has a population of 5,534 and an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). 62% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 52% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,489/month against a median household income of $98,625 — roughly 30% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 11% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units1,015

Renter share29.7%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate26.9%

Median income$98,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 40.1066, -74.2405 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood scores 7.9

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

26.9% poverty · this tract

6.7

Supply constraint

$2,489 rent vs county FMR

7.2

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: 30

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

32%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
2%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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)

83Total filings over 6 yrs
5.64%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak (2013)
12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2013 — 2018

Filings dropped 45% 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.

12.2%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.7%Food insecurity
10.8%SNAP enrollment
9.9%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
26.2%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 34029715401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715401?

Census tract 34029715401 in Lakewood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 34029715401?

Median gross rent is $2,489/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029715401?

26.9% of residents in tract 34029715401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,534.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029715401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 17th, minority 2th, housing 63th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029715401?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029715401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.64% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34029715401 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34029715401 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 34029715401 scores 7.9/10 — right in line with 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.