Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Knoll Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pine Lake Park
Tract 34029720203 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 4,920 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
34029720203 is a census tract in the Oak Knoll area of Pine Lake Park, NJ. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,939
Renter share2.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$75,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pine Lake Park and the region
Centroid at 40.0053, -74.2727 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Knoll scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pine Lake Park
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,741 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pine Lake Park
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pine Lake Park
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pine Lake Park
6.7
How Oak Knoll compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 49%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)
- 41Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2018)
- 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Knoll. 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Knoll
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. SNAP participation runs 5.7% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 41 evictions over 6 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2018, when 8.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 3% 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. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029720203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029720203?
Census tract 34029720203 in the Oak Knoll neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 34029720203?
Median gross rent is $1,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029720203?
4.4% of residents in tract 34029720203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,920.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029720203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 52th, minority 49th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 34029720203 considered part of Oak Knoll?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029720203 fall within Oak Knoll (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029720203?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029720203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.63% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34029720203 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34029720203 compare to Pine Lake Park overall?
Tract 34029720203 scores 5/10, right in line with the parent city of Pine Lake Park at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pine Lake Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pine Lake Park
Top eight tracts in Pine Lake Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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