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Neighborhood · Ocean Acres, NJ

Atlantic Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 6,384 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10 · range 3.7–3.7

Atlantic Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Ocean Acres, NJ and houses 6,384 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.7/10, in the Lower tier. 32% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly below the Ocean Acres rate of 51.0%.

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. 32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10.

Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 80 evictions logged in this tract.

The voucher gap is 15.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation is 5.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 5.9% of renter households.

Food insecurity affects 9.3% of adults, 8.5 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 2.1% in 2018, is well off that peak. Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Atlantic Heights vs Ocean Acres How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
32.3% -37%
Ocean Acres: 51.0%
Average gross rent
$2,345 +5%
Ocean Acres: $2,241
Average HH income
$96,711 -18%
Ocean Acres: $117,739
Poverty rate
2.8% +56%
Ocean Acres: 1.8%
Renter share
6.6% +56%
Ocean Acres: 4.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlantic Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.7–3.7

Why Atlantic Heights scores 3.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 3.6–3.6 across tracts
3.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.2–4.2 across tracts
4.2
Rent control risk
32% of income on rent · Range 9.6–9.6 across tracts
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
7% renter households · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Economic stress
2.8% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Risk score comparison

Atlantic Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Atlantic Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Atlantic Heights: 3.73.7Atlantic HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 4.64.6Parent cityhost cityState: 6.46.4Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Atlantic Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34029735001 3.7 6,384 32% $2,345
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 2

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 13%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 5%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 8%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 6%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Atlantic Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 80Total filings (sum)
  • 4.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak year (2015)
  • 2.14%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Atlantic Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Atlantic Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Atlantic Heights?

Atlantic Heights scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 Atlantic Heights compare to Ocean Acres overall?

Atlantic Heights scores 0.9 points lower than Ocean Acres overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $2,345 vs $2,241.
Q3

What is the average rent in Atlantic Heights?

Average gross rent in Atlantic Heights is $2,345/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Atlantic Heights residents are renters?

7% of Atlantic Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 4% in Ocean Acres). The neighborhood has 6,384 residents.
Q5

Is Atlantic Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Atlantic Heights sits in the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Atlantic Heights for landlords?

Atlantic Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). 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 Ocean Acres as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Atlantic Heights?

Atlantic Heights has 6,261 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.1%), Hispanic / Latino (7.1%), Other / Multiracial (1.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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