Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Ocean City Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34009020102 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 2,203 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Ocean City
Tract 34009020102 sits in Ocean City, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. It is home to 2,203 residents. Cost burden runs 72% here against 43.6% across Cape May County.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share39.8%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$65,781
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ocean City and the region
Centroid at 39.2739, -74.5826 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ocean City scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ocean City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,616 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ocean City
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ocean City
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ocean City
5.7
How Ocean City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 73Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2013)
- 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ocean City
Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 2.3 points above the Cape May County average of 5.0.
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 73 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 4.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009020102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009020102?
Census tract 34009020102 in Ocean City scores 7.3/10 (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 34009020102?
Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009020102?
28.9% of residents in tract 34009020102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009020102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 83th, minority 47th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009020102?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009020102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.39% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009020102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009020102 compare to Ocean City overall?
Tract 34009020102 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ocean City at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ocean City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ocean City
Top eight tracts in Ocean City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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