Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Chambersburg Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021000700 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 4,273 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 34021000700 sits in the Chambersburg area of Trenton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share64.8%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$51,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2133, -74.7472 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chambersburg scores 8.1
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,148 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 Chambersburg 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.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 100%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)
- 744Total filings over 6 yrs
- 21.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.3%Peak (2013)
- 127Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chambersburg. 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.
- 35.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.3%Food insecurity
- 29.7%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 34.1%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chambersburg
83% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Mercer County average of 46.5%. Food insecurity runs 42.3% against 17.8% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 29.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 744 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,148, 11% below the Trenton average. The worst year on record was 2013, when 28.3% of renter households were served. 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 21.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 34021000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000700?
Census tract 34021000700 in the Chambersburg neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 34021000700?
Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000700?
9.2% of residents in tract 34021000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 80th, minority 91th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000700 considered part of Chambersburg?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000700 fall within Chambersburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000700?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 744 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.09% of renter households, peaking at 28.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.1% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000700 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000700 scores 8.1/10, 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 34021000700 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.
Tract · NJ
Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
East Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
North Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Lamberton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Mill Hill
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Lamberton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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