Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
South Trenton Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34021000200 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,437 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
34021000200 is a census tract in the South Trenton area of Trenton, NJ. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Mercer County average of 46.5%.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share36.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate22.9%
Median income$78,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2022, -74.7498 · 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
22.9% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 4%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,419Total filings over 6 yrs
- 41.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 51.1%Peak (2016)
- 207Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% 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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 20.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.2%Transit barriers
- 25.7%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South 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. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Food insecurity runs 31.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 27.5% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,419 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 51.1% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 41.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000200?
Census tract 34021000200 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 34021000200?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000200?
22.9% of residents in tract 34021000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 61th, minority 75th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000200 considered part of South Trenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000200 fall within South Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000200?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,419 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.56% of renter households, peaking at 51.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000200 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000200 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 34021000200 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. 0% 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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Central West
8.4
/ 10 · High
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South Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
North Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
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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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