Ocean Heights Manor Eviction Risk: Moderate , Somers Point
Tract 34001012701 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,314 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Eviction risk in the Ocean Heights Manor area of Somers Point centers on tract 34001012701, which scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,314 residents. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,561 monthly, set against $83,536 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.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 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Ocean Heights Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.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
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)
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
What drives eviction risk in Ocean Heights Manor
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Somers Point, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 520 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 15.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.0% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 34001012701
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Highest-risk tracts in Somers Point
Top eight tracts in Somers Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.