Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Alexandria Eviction Risk: Lower , South Dennis
Tract 34009020700 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 4,271 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Alexandria area of South Dennis anchors census tract 34009020700, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.
23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,213 a month against an average household income of $126,000 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$126,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Dennis and the region
Centroid at 39.1664, -74.7559 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alexandria scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Dennis
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Dennis
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Dennis
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Dennis
4.6
How Alexandria compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 37Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2017)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alexandria
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 South Dennis, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cape May County average of 6.0 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 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009020700?
Census tract 34009020700 in the Alexandria neighborhood scores 1.3/10 (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 34009020700?
Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009020700?
3.6% of residents in tract 34009020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 13th, minority 14th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 34009020700 considered part of Alexandria?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34009020700 fall within Alexandria (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009020700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.81% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34009020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34009020700 compare to South Dennis overall?
Tract 34009020700 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of South Dennis at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Dennis; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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