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Island Beach Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Toms River

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

Island Beach Heights in Toms River is where census tract 34029723600 sits, home to 2,715 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,275 monthly, set against $80,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
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
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#39 of 144 tracts In Ocean County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#870 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Elevated
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 4.3

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: 4.34.3This tracttract 723600Toms River: 6.86.8Toms Riverparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg 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 score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Toms River eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Ocean County average of 6.3 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 171 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 16.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.5% of renter households in 2015.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 4.3/10 (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 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Toms River at 6.8/10. 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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