Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Hereford Light Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Wildwood
Tract 34009021300 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,639 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 34009021300 sits in the Hereford Light area of North Wildwood, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 3,639 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.3/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
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 4.7
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
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 135 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $85,812, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of North Wildwood at 4.5/10. 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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