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Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Skippers Cove Eviction Risk: Lower , Waretown

Tract 34029733001 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 5,012 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 34029733001 covers part of the Skippers Cove area of Waretown, NJ, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.7/10.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 12% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,032
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$113,627

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Skippers Cove
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Waretown
Very Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 144 tracts In Ocean County
Very Low
Within state
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#2,000 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waretown and the region

Centroid at 39.8057, -74.1780 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skippers Cove scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waretown
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,192 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waretown
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waretown
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waretown
4.9

How Skippers Cove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Skippers Cove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 733001Waretown: 4.54.5Waretownparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.06.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

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 Skippers Cove

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Ocean County average of 5.0.

Average gross rent is $2,192, 25% above the Waretown average. SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 34029733001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029733001?

Census tract 34029733001 in the Skippers Cove neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 34029733001?

Median gross rent is $2,192/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34029733001?

5.8% of residents in tract 34029733001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,012.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34029733001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 58th, minority 22th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 34029733001 considered part of Skippers Cove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029733001 fall within Skippers Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 34029733001 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 34029733001 compare to Waretown overall?

Tract 34029733001 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Waretown at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waretown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waretown

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

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