Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Sunset Harbor Eviction Risk: Lower , Beach Haven
Tract 34029738002 · Ocean County, NJ · pop 1,247 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 34029738002 sits in the Sunset Harbor area of Beach Haven, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Population here is 1,247. Against Ocean County at 50.5%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units593
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$114,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beach Haven and the region
Centroid at 39.5520, -74.2455 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunset Harbor scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beach Haven
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,859 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beach Haven
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beach Haven
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beach Haven
3.9
How Sunset Harbor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 37Total filings over 6 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 10.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunset Harbor
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
It sits 1.6 points below the Ocean County average of 5.0. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
SNAP participation runs 3.2% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 37 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,859 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Beach Haven commands.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34029738002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34029738002?
Census tract 34029738002 in the Sunset Harbor neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 34029738002?
Median gross rent is $1,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34029738002?
6.6% of residents in tract 34029738002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,247.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34029738002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 22th, minority 20th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 34029738002 considered part of Sunset Harbor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34029738002 fall within Sunset Harbor (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34029738002?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34029738002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34029738002 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34029738002 compare to Beach Haven overall?
Tract 34029738002 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Beach Haven at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beach Haven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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