Census Tract · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34029715403 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 3,331

Tract 34029715403, home to 3,331 residents in Lakewood, scores 7.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,212 a month while the average household earns $34,911 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.7

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 65% Stable renters 21% Owners 14%

Tract context

Occupied units806

Renter share85.9%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate36.2%

Median income$34,911

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 40.0978, -74.2207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood scores 8.7

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

36.2% poverty · this tract

9.1

Supply constraint

$1,212 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 65

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

73%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
9%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
31.1%Food insecurity
28.0%SNAP enrollment
18.4%Transit barriers
15.2%No health insurance
26.7%Frequent mental distress
36.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakewood

The score leans hardest on 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 34029715403

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715403?

Census tract 34029715403 in Lakewood scores 8.7/10 (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 34029715403?

Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029715403?

36.2% of residents in tract 34029715403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,331.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029715403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 12th, minority 9th, housing 94th.

What share of households in tract 34029715403 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34029715403 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 34029715403 scores 8.7/10, higher than 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.