3 census tracts · pop 14,501 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.7–5
Oak Knoll is a 3-tract neighborhood of Pine Lake Park, NJ, population 14,501. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs around a third against 51.0% citywide, putting Oak Knoll 18.2% under its own city.
The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.5/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10.
Filings are well documented here: 245 across 3 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 13.7% of renter households. SNAP participation is 6.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
At $1,650 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Pine Lake Park commands. Judgments average 0.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 14% 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 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Its 3 tracts score within 0.3 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $72,691.
With little internal variation, 4.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Oak Knoll vs Pine Lake ParkHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority41%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oak Knoll
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
245Total filings (sum)
5.66%Avg annual filing rate
13.7%Peak year (2018)
5.20%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oak Knoll
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.3%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
6.9%SNAP enrollment
9.3%No health insurance
29.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Oak Knoll
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oak Knoll?
Oak Knoll scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Oak Knoll compare to Pine Lake Park overall?
Oak Knoll scores 0.3 points lower than Pine Lake Park overall (5.2/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $1,650 vs $1,838.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oak Knoll?
Average gross rent in Oak Knoll is $1,650/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oak Knoll residents are renters?
14% of Oak Knoll households are renter-occupied (vs 13% in Pine Lake Park). The neighborhood has 14,501 residents.
Q5
Is Oak Knoll a high social-vulnerability area?
Oak Knoll sits in the 33rd 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
Which tracts in Oak Knoll have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oak Knoll is census tract 34029720204 (score 5/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.7 to 5, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Oak Knoll for landlords?
Oak Knoll carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pine Lake Park as a whole (5.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Oak Knoll?
Oak Knoll has 14,483 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.4%), Hispanic / Latino (13.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
