Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Cape May Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 34009022000 · Cape May County, NJ · pop 2,815 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Cape May
Census tract 34009022000 covers part of Cape May, NJ, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,815 residents. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Cape May County average of 43.6%.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,369
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$57,230
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cape May and the region
Centroid at 38.9411, -74.8984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cape May scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cape May
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cape May
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cape May
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cape May
4.3
How Cape May compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 39Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2016)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cape May
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.4/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
Against the Cape May County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 39 filings here across 4 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34009022000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34009022000?
Census tract 34009022000 in Cape May scores 6.6/10 (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 34009022000?
Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34009022000?
7.5% of residents in tract 34009022000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34009022000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 25th, minority 42th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34009022000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34009022000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.78% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34009022000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34009022000 compare to Cape May overall?
Tract 34009022000 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Cape May at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cape May; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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