Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Toms River
Tract 34029723000 ·
Ocean County, NJ · pop 6,132 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 34029723000 in the Oak Ridge area of Toms River, NJ reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.7/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%Stable renters 16%Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,135
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$92,020
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Oak Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
58th percentile
#9 of 20 tracts In Toms River
Elevated
Within county
32th percentile
#99 of 144 tracts In Ocean County
Low
Within state
18th percentile
#1,786 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Toms River and the region
Centroid at 39.9764, -74.2303 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Ridge scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Toms River
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,543 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Toms River
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Toms River
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Toms River
5.3
How Oak Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
34%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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)
1,138Total filings over 6 yrs
37.80%Avg annual filing rate
41.7%Peak (2015)
147Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2013 to 2018
Filings dropped 22% over the past 6 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.
10.7%Housing insecurity
6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Ridge
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 50.5% across Ocean County.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.
Against the Ocean County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 1,138 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,543, 11% below the Toms River average. The worst year on record was 2015, when 41.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 37.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 1.9 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 34029723000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029723000?
Census tract 34029723000 in the Oak Ridge neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 34029723000?
Median gross rent is $1,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029723000?
5.7% of residents in tract 34029723000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,132.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029723000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 58th, minority 53th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 34029723000 considered part of Oak Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029723000 fall within Oak Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029723000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,138 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029723000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 37.80% of renter households, peaking at 41.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34029723000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34029723000 compare to Toms River overall?
Tract 34029723000 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Toms River at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Toms River eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Toms River
Top eight tracts in Toms River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.