Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Ocean Heights Manor Eviction Risk: Elevated , Somers Point
Tract 34001012701 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,314 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34001012701 covers part of the Ocean Heights Manor area of Somers Point, NJ, and scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Atlantic County at 48.9%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,539
Renter share54.9%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$83,536
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somers Point and the region
Centroid at 39.3283, -74.6065 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ocean Heights Manor scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somers Point
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,561 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somers Point
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somers Point
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somers Point
6.0
How Ocean Heights Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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)
- 520Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2017)
- 97Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ocean Heights Manor
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 520 evictions over 6 years of observation.
At $1,561 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Somers Point commands. Filings peaked in 2017 at 18.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 15.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Atlantic County average of 5.5 closely.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $83,536.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001012701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001012701?
Census tract 34001012701 in the Ocean Heights Manor neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 34001012701?
Median gross rent is $1,561/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001012701?
8.7% of residents in tract 34001012701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,314.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001012701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 30th, minority 35th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 34001012701 considered part of Ocean Heights Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001012701 fall within Ocean Heights Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001012701?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 520 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001012701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.76% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001012701 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001012701 compare to Somers Point overall?
Tract 34001012701 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Somers Point at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somers Point; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Somers Point
Top eight tracts in Somers Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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