Lakewood Eviction Risk: High

Cost burden runs 79% here against 50.5% across Ocean County. It sits 4.2 points above the Ocean County average of 5.0. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $47,000 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Average gross rent is $1,454, 15% below the Lakewood average. Nationally it ranks #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.2 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.