Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34029715401 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 5,534 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood
Census tract 34029715401 covers part of Lakewood, NJ, and scores 9.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,534. 52% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.2
High
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
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very 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 9.2
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
It sits 4.2 points above the Ocean County average of 5.0. Average gross rent is $2,489, 45% above the Lakewood average. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.3/10.
Cost burden runs 62% here against 50.5% across Ocean County. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The voucher gap is 22.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Court records carry 83 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029715401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715401?
Census tract 34029715401 in Lakewood scores 9.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
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 9.2/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 7.8/10. 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
34029715404
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Greenville
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34029715202
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34029715301
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34029715303
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34029715304
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
34029715403
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
South Lakewood
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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