Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
South Trenton Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34021000100 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,366 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
34021000100 is a census tract in the South Trenton area of Trenton, NJ. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,366. Against Mercer County at 46.5%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,392
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$37,969
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.1949, -74.7544 · click any tract to drill in
Why South 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$397 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 South Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 14%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)
- 725Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2017)
- 111Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South 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.
- 28.3%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.4%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.2%Transit barriers
- 26.6%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Trenton
At $397 a month, rents run 69% under what the rest of Trenton commands. 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.
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.6% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 725 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2017, when 18.0% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 15.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000100?
Census tract 34021000100 in the South 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 34021000100?
Median gross rent is $397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000100?
22.5% of residents in tract 34021000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,366.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 100th, minority 86th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000100 considered part of South Trenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000100 fall within South Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000100?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 725 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.04% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.3% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000100 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000100 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 34021000100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 14% 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.
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South Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
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North Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Top Road
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
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East Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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North Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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