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Neighborhood · Trenton, NJ

Lamberton Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 5,657 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.4/10 · range 8.4–8.4

Lamberton spans 2 census tracts of Trenton, NJ and houses 5,657 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.4/10, in the High tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Trenton rate of 34.0%.

The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. This is a renter market: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

27.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. 19.4% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 8/10. At $1,055 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Trenton commands.

Filings are well documented here: 2,032 across 2 observed tracts. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.

The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 37.1% of renter households. That places it #1 of 13 neighborhoods in Trenton.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.4
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lamberton vs Trenton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.6% +49%
Trenton: 34.0%
Average gross rent
$1,055 -18%
Trenton: $1,294
Average HH income
$50,555 +7%
Trenton: $47,102
Poverty rate
33.2% +35%
Trenton: 24.7%
Renter share
79.9% +29%
Trenton: 62.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lamberton and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 8.4–8.4

Why Lamberton scores 8.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
80% renter households · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
33.2% below poverty line · Range 5.7–10.0 across tracts
8.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.0 across tracts
1.9
Risk score comparison

Lamberton vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Lamberton score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.4LambertonNeighborhood7.0Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Lamberton

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
34021001000 8.4 3,051 62% $569
34021000800 8.4 2,606 37% $1,625
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 98

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 97%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 84%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 94%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Lamberton

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,032Total filings (sum)
  • 23.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 37.1%Peak year (2018)
  • 24.23%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lamberton

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Lamberton

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Lamberton?

Lamberton scores 8.4/10 (High tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Lamberton compare to Trenton overall?

Lamberton scores 1.4 points higher than Trenton overall (7/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,055 vs $1,294.
Q3

What is the average rent in Lamberton?

Average gross rent in Lamberton is $1,055/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Lamberton residents are renters?

80% of Lamberton households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Trenton). The neighborhood has 5,657 residents.
Q5

Is Lamberton a high social-vulnerability area?

Lamberton sits in the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Lamberton have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Lamberton is census tract 34021001000 (score 8.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.4 to 8.4, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Lamberton for landlords?

Lamberton carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Trenton as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Lamberton?

Lamberton has 5,547 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (43.8%), Hispanic / Latino (41.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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