Witherspoon-Jackson Eviction Risk: Moderate
3 census tracts · pop 15,193 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 5.3–6.4
Witherspoon-Jackson takes in 3 census tracts of Princeton, NJ and houses 15,193 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, Moderate tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Princeton rate of 24.8%.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. The voucher gap is 24.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.3 to 6.4, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Disability prevalence reaches 16.9% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. SNAP participation is 3.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 291 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Running hot is supply constraint at 7.2/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 3.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.7% in 2018, is well off that peak.
Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Princeton, it ranks #3 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Institute Area and Pretty Brook Area.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
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Risk heat across Witherspoon-Jackson and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 5.3–6.4
Why Witherspoon-Jackson scores 5.7
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyWitherspoon-Jackson vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Witherspoon-Jackson?
Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.
3 tracts in Witherspoon-Jackson
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34021004000 | 6.4 | 5,881 | 58% | $2,295 |
| 34021004501 | 5.3 | 7,006 | 40% | $2,446 |
| 34021004206 | 5.3 | 2,306 | 30% | $3,350 |
CDC SVI percentile: 32
Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Witherspoon-Jackson
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 291Total filings (sum)
- 2.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak year (2016)
- 1.53%Latest filed (2018)
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Witherspoon-Jackson
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Any disability
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