Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Dock Eviction Risk: Moderate , Barnegat
Tract 34029734003 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 7,615 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 34029734003 sits in the Upper Dock area of Barnegat, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 7,615. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,670
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$82,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Barnegat and the region
Centroid at 39.7337, -74.2049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Dock scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Barnegat
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,051 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Barnegat
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Barnegat
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Barnegat
5.1
How Upper Dock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 459Total filings over 6 yrs
- 20.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.4%Peak (2017)
- 72Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Dock
Against Ocean County at 50.5%, 81% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.7/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.
Average gross rent is $2,051, 17% above the Barnegat average. The filing record is not thin: 459 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Against the Ocean County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 24.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 34029734003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029734003?
Census tract 34029734003 in the Upper Dock neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 34029734003?
Median gross rent is $2,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029734003?
7.1% of residents in tract 34029734003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,615.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029734003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 94th, minority 34th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 34029734003 considered part of Upper Dock?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029734003 fall within Upper Dock (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029734003?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 459 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029734003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.93% of renter households, peaking at 24.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34029734003 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34029734003 compare to Barnegat overall?
Tract 34029734003 scores 5.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Barnegat at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Barnegat; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Barnegat
Top eight tracts in Barnegat ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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