Lakewood Eviction Risk: High

around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Ocean County average of 50.5%. Against the Ocean County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 4.2 points. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.4/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.3/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $60,736, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Food insecurity runs 28.1% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 393 eviction filings across 6 observed years. SNAP participation runs 22.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,876, 9% above the Lakewood average. Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.