Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34029715401 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 5,534 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood
In Lakewood, census tract 34029715401 scores 7.9/10 for eviction risk. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,489 monthly, set against $98,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
7.4
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.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakewood and the region
Centroid at 40.1066, -74.2405 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
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.1
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 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
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Ocean County average of 6.3 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 83 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.0% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029715401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715401?
Census tract 34029715401 in Lakewood scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 34029715401 compare to Lakewood overall?
Tract 34029715401 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Lakewood at 7.5/10. 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.
Tract · NJ
34029715303
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34029715304
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34029715403
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Greenville
8.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34029715202
8.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34029715404
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
34029715301
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
South Lakewood
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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