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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,298 of 84,120 nationally

Hickory Island Eviction Risk: Elevated , Mystic Island

Tract 34029736105 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 3,245 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 34029736105 sits in the Hickory Island neighborhood of Mystic Island, New Jersey. It has a population of 3,245 and an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). 44% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 27% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,701/month against a median household income of $85,536 — roughly 24% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 5% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,746
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$85,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Hickory Island
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 3 tracts In Mystic Island
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank — 85th percentileBottomTop
#23 of 144 tracts In Ocean County
High
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank — 67th percentileBottomTop
#710 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mystic Island and the region

Centroid at 39.5536, -74.3861 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hickory Island scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mystic Island
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,701 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mystic Island
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mystic Island
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mystic Island
8.4

How Hickory Island compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hickory Island risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 736105Mystic Island: 7.17.1Mystic Islandparent cityCounty: 6.36.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.66.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 141Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 10.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.8%Peak (2017)
  • 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 — 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340297361052013: 19 filings (8.12/100 renter HHs)2014: 22 filings (9.40/100 renter HHs)2015: 28 filings (11.97/100 renter HHs)2016: 23 filings (10.60/100 renter HHs)2017: 30 filings (13.82/100 renter HHs)2018: 19 filings (8.76/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.

Frequently asked

About tract 34029736105

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029736105?

Census tract 34029736105 in the Hickory Island neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 34029736105?

Median gross rent is $1,701/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029736105?

16.9% of residents in tract 34029736105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,245.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029736105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 43th, minority 15th, housing 15th.

Q5

Is tract 34029736105 considered part of Hickory Island?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029736105 fall within Hickory Island (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029736105?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029736105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.45% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 34029736105 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 34029736105 compare to Mystic Island overall?

Tract 34029736105 scores 6.8/10 — lower than the parent city of Mystic Island at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mystic Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mystic Island

Top eight tracts in Mystic Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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