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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Island Beach Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Toms River

Tract 34029723600 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 2,715 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 34029723600 covers part of the Island Beach Heights area of Toms River, NJ, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,715 residents. roughly one in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Ocean County average of 50.5%.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 8% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,234
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$80,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Island Beach Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 20 tracts In Toms River
Very High
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 144 tracts In Ocean County
Elevated
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#1,234 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Toms River and the region

Centroid at 39.9476, -74.1608 · click any tract to drill in

Why Island Beach Heights scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Toms River
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Toms River
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Toms River
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Toms River
5.3

How Island Beach Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Island Beach Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 723600Toms River: 4.64.6Toms Riverparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.06.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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

Eviction filings

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.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 171Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 16.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.5%Peak (2015)
  • 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340297236002013: 25 filings (13.97/100 renter HHs)2014: 38 filings (21.23/100 renter HHs)2015: 42 filings (23.46/100 renter HHs)2016: 27 filings (16.27/100 renter HHs)2017: 16 filings (9.64/100 renter HHs)2018: 23 filings (13.86/100 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Island Beach Heights

The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,275, 26% below the Toms River average.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Court records carry 171 eviction filings across 6 observed years. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 6.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 23.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 16.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Ocean County average of 5.0 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 34029723600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029723600?

Census tract 34029723600 in the Island Beach Heights neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 34029723600?

Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029723600?

14.2% of residents in tract 34029723600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,715.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029723600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 21th, minority 20th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 34029723600 considered part of Island Beach Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029723600 fall within Island Beach Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029723600?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029723600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.41% of renter households, peaking at 23.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34029723600 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34029723600 compare to Toms River overall?

Tract 34029723600 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Toms River at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Toms River eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Toms River

Top eight tracts in Toms River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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