Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Gilford Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Island Heights
Tract 34029726000 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 1,521 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 34029726000 covers part of the Gilford Park area of Island Heights, NJ, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,521. Cost burden runs 21% here against 50.5% across Ocean County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units790
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$107,308
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Island Heights and the region
Centroid at 39.9418, -74.1438 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gilford Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Island Heights
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,889 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Island Heights
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Island Heights
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Island Heights
3.5
How Gilford Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 25Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gilford Park
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Against the Ocean County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 25 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029726000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029726000?
Census tract 34029726000 in the Gilford Park neighborhood 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 34029726000?
Median gross rent is $1,889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029726000?
0.9% of residents in tract 34029726000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,521.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029726000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 15th, minority 20th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 34029726000 considered part of Gilford Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029726000 fall within Gilford Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029726000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029726000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.53% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34029726000 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34029726000 compare to Island Heights overall?
Tract 34029726000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Island Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Island Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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