Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Diamond Beach Eviction Risk: Lower , Wildwood Crest
Tract 34009021600 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 3,104 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 34009021600 runs through Diamond Beach in Wildwood Crest. With 3,104 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $950 monthly, set against $82,143 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,904
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$82,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wildwood Crest and the region
Centroid at 38.9703, -74.8371 · click any tract to drill in
Why Diamond Beach scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wildwood Crest
6.4
How Diamond Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 118Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2013)
- 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Diamond Beach
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Crest, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 118 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 7.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.3% of renter households in 2013.
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 34009021600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009021600?
Census tract 34009021600 in the Diamond Beach neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 34009021600?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009021600?
8.5% of residents in tract 34009021600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,104.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009021600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 28th, minority 3th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 34009021600 considered part of Diamond Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34009021600 fall within Diamond Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009021600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009021600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.94% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34009021600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34009021600 compare to Wildwood Crest overall?
Tract 34009021600 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Wildwood Crest at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wildwood Crest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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