Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Lamberton Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021000800 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 2,606 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
34021000800 is a census tract in the Lamberton area of Trenton, NJ. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,606 residents. Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,228
Renter share81.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$75,596
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2102, -74.7546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lamberton 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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,625 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Lamberton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 18%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 535Total filings over 6 yrs
- 15.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.4%Peak (2018)
- 97Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lamberton. 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.
- 25.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.7%Food insecurity
- 17.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 26.6%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lamberton
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Cost burden runs 37% here against 46.5% across Mercer County.
At $1,625 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Trenton commands. The poverty rate is 23%. 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.
Food insecurity runs 28.7% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 25.0% against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 535 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7/10. The worst year on record was 2018, when 17.4% of renter households were served.
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 34021000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000800?
Census tract 34021000800 in the Lamberton 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 34021000800?
Median gross rent is $1,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000800?
22.7% of residents in tract 34021000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 68th, minority 88th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000800 considered part of Lamberton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000800 fall within Lamberton (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 535 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.60% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.0% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000800 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000800 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 34021000800 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. 13% 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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Mill Hill
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Lamberton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Perdicaris Place
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Perdicaris Place
8.4
/ 10 · High
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The Island
8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
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