Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Hereford Light Eviction Risk: Lower , North Wildwood
Tract 34009021300 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,639 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Here is how census tract 34009021300, in the Hereford Light area of North Wildwood, looks to a landlord: a 6.4/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 3,639. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,228 a month against an average household income of $85,812 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,901
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$85,812
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Wildwood and the region
Centroid at 39.0043, -74.7967 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hereford Light scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Wildwood
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,228 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Wildwood
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Wildwood
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Wildwood
6.7
How Hereford Light compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 135Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2013)
- 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hereford Light
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 North Wildwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cape May County average of 6.0 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009021300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021300?
Census tract 34009021300 in the Hereford Light neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 34009021300?
Median gross rent is $1,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021300?
9.9% of residents in tract 34009021300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,639.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 45th, minority 22th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 34009021300 considered part of Hereford Light?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34009021300 fall within Hereford Light (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 135 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.10% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34009021300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34009021300 compare to North Wildwood overall?
Tract 34009021300 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of North Wildwood at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Wildwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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