1 census tracts · pop 5,629 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 6.5–6.5
Bay View Heights maps to a single census tract in Mystic Island, NJ, population 5,629. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 59%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
59% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Mystic Island rate of 39.0%. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.4/10. Court records for this tract carry 167 eviction filings.
Running cool is economic stress, at 2.6/10. Average gross rent is $2,117, 12% above the Mystic Island average of $1,893. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 18.8% of renter households.
Judgments average 0.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 13% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Hickory Island and Atlantis.
One tract means one number: 6.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bay View Heights vs Mystic IslandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority18%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bay View Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
167Total filings (sum)
11.45%Avg annual filing rate
18.8%Peak year (2018)
18.83%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bay View Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
9.8%No health insurance
29.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bay View Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bay View Heights?
Bay View Heights scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bay View Heights compare to Mystic Island overall?
Bay View Heights scores 0.6 points higher than Mystic Island overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 39% citywide. Average rent: $2,117 vs $1,893.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bay View Heights?
Average gross rent in Bay View Heights is $2,117/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bay View Heights residents are renters?
13% of Bay View Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 12% in Mystic Island). The neighborhood has 5,629 residents.
Q5
Is Bay View Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Bay View Heights sits in the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bay View Heights for landlords?
Bay View Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mystic Island as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bay View Heights?
Bay View Heights has 5,440 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.2%), Hispanic / Latino (6.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
