Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Wildwood Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34009021400 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,710 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Wildwood
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 34009021400 in Wildwood, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,710 residents. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Cape May County average of 43.6%.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,886
Renter share57.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$51,415
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wildwood and the region
Centroid at 38.9890, -74.8162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildwood scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wildwood
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,304 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wildwood
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wildwood
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wildwood
8.3
How Wildwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 516Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.9%Peak (2013)
- 144Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.3%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildwood
Against the Cape May County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.1 points. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.
At $1,304 a month, rents run 31% over what the rest of Wildwood commands. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10.
Court records carry 516 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 17.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 15.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009021400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021400?
Census tract 34009021400 in Wildwood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 34009021400?
Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021400?
13.8% of residents in tract 34009021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,710.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 89th, minority 52th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 516 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.12% of renter households, peaking at 17.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009021400 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009021400 compare to Wildwood overall?
Tract 34009021400 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Wildwood at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wildwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wildwood
Top eight tracts in Wildwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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