Census Tract · Ranked #1,107 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: High

Tract 34029715404 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 3,359

How risky is Lakewood for landlords? Census tract 34029715404 scores 7.9/10, the Elevated tier. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 79% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,454 a month while the average household earns $47,000 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 62% Stable renters 17% Owners 21%

Tract context

Occupied units858

Renter share79.0%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate36.5%

Median income$47,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 40.0951, -74.2275 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood scores 8.5

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

36.5% poverty · this tract

9.1

Supply constraint

$1,454 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 28

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

37%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
7%Racial/ethnic minority
82%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.

16.0%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
21.7%Food insecurity
17.5%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
12.2%No health insurance
22.2%Frequent mental distress
30.5%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 28th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34029715404

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029715404?

Census tract 34029715404 in Lakewood scores 8.5/10 (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 34029715404?

Median gross rent is $1,454/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029715404?

36.5% of residents in tract 34029715404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,359.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029715404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 2th, minority 7th, housing 82th.

What share of households in tract 34029715404 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.0% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34029715404 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 34029715404 scores 8.5/10, 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.