Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
North Trenton Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34021001700 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,954 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 8.4/10, tract 34021001700 in the North Trenton area of Trenton, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,954. Food insecurity runs 43.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,527
Renter share72.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate31.7%
Median income$32,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2336, -74.7570 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Trenton scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trenton
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
31.7% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,184 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trenton
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trenton
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trenton
7.0
How North Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 38%Grade C
- 35%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 2,509Total filings over 6 yrs
- 43.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 50.7%Peak (2014)
- 406Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Trenton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 34.8%Housing insecurity
- 25.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.4%Food insecurity
- 39.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.3%Transit barriers
- 18.1%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Trenton
It sits 2.7 points above the Mercer County average of 5.7. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $32,875 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Housing insecurity runs 34.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.5% across Mercer County. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, economic stress reads 7.9/10. Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 2,509 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 50.7% of renter households were served.
At $1,184 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Trenton commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001700?
Census tract 34021001700 in the North Trenton neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High 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 34021001700?
Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001700?
31.7% of residents in tract 34021001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,954.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 79th, minority 96th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001700 considered part of North Trenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001700 fall within North Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,509 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.75% of renter households, peaking at 50.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001700 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.8% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001700 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001700 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Trenton at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trenton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34021001700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 35% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Trenton
Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Lamberton
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Mill Hill
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Lamberton
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Perdicaris Place
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Perdicaris Place
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
The Island
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Hillcrest
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Cadwalader Heights
8.4
/ 10 · High
Related