Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Phillipsburg
Tract 34041030600 · Warren County, NJ · pop 4,112 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
34041030600 is a census tract in the Hillcrest area of Phillipsburg, NJ. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,112. It sits 2.6 points above the Warren County average of 5.0.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,951
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$74,121
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Phillipsburg and the region
Centroid at 40.6971, -75.1865 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Phillipsburg
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,025 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Phillipsburg
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Phillipsburg
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Phillipsburg
6.6
How Hillcrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,698Total filings over 6 yrs
- 30.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.7%Peak (2015)
- 268Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Against Warren County at 42.1%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,698 filings here across 6 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,025, 12% below the Phillipsburg average.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 29.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 30.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,927 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10. Against average income of $74,121, annual rent is just 17%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34041030600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34041030600?
Census tract 34041030600 in the Hillcrest neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 34041030600?
Median gross rent is $1,025/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34041030600?
14.8% of residents in tract 34041030600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,112.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34041030600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 80th, minority 48th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 34041030600 considered part of Hillcrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34041030600 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34041030600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,698 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34041030600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.25% of renter households, peaking at 29.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34041030600 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34041030600 compare to Phillipsburg overall?
Tract 34041030600 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Phillipsburg at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Phillipsburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Phillipsburg
Top eight tracts in Phillipsburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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