Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Vista Center Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34029717200 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 8,996 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Vista Center
With a score of 3/10, tract 34029717200 in Vista Center, NJ reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,996 residents. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units3,729
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$130,202
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vista Center and the region
Centroid at 40.1427, -74.3521 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vista Center scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vista Center
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,003 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vista Center
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vista Center
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vista Center
4.7
How Vista Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 310Total filings over 6 yrs
- 27.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 46.5%Peak (2014)
- 28Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 6 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vista Center
Cost burden runs 70% here against 50.5% across Ocean County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.7/10.
It sits 2.0 points below the Ocean County average of 5.0. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 310 evictions over 6 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 46.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 27.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 3.0 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029717200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029717200?
Census tract 34029717200 in Vista Center scores 3/10 (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 34029717200?
Median gross rent is $2,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029717200?
5.5% of residents in tract 34029717200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029717200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 18th, minority 36th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029717200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 310 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029717200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.44% of renter households, peaking at 46.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 34029717200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 34029717200 compare to Vista Center overall?
Tract 34029717200 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Vista Center at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vista Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Vista Center
Top eight tracts in Vista Center ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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