Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Wildwood Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34009021500 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 1,881
Census tract 34009021500 belongs to Wildwood in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is home to 1,881 residents and scores 7.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #2,941 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,176 a month against an average household income of $59,167 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units998
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$59,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wildwood and the region
Centroid at 38.9899, -74.8257 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildwood scores 6.9
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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,176 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 401Total filings over 4 yrs
- 23.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.1%Peak (2013)
- 73Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 15.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildwood
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 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 above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 401 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 23.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 36.1% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 34009021500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021500?
Census tract 34009021500 in Wildwood scores 6.9/10 (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 34009021500?
Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021500?
22.4% of residents in tract 34009021500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,881.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 59th, minority 50th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 401 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.61% of renter households, peaking at 36.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009021500 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009021500 compare to Wildwood overall?
Tract 34009021500 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Wildwood at 7.1/10. 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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