Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally
Mill Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Trenton
Tract 34021000900 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,929 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Mill Hill neighborhood of Trenton anchors census tract 34021000900, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 94th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,017 a month against an average household income of $58,895 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,890
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$58,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2195, -74.7598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mill Hill scores 7.8
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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,017 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 Mill Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 2%Grade C
- 42%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)
- 2,280Total filings over 6 yrs
- 34.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.3%Peak (2016)
- 401Filings 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.
- 28.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.0%Food insecurity
- 24.8%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mill Hill
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Trenton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Mercer County average of 6.7 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000900?
Census tract 34021000900 in the Mill Hill neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 34021000900?
Median gross rent is $1,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000900?
18.6% of residents in tract 34021000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,929.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 71th, minority 90th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000900 considered part of Mill Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000900 fall within Mill Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,280 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.96% of renter households, peaking at 33.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.6% 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. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000900 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000900 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Trenton at 8.2/10. 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 34021000900 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. 42% 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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Cadwalader Heights
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Chambersburg
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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North Trenton
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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Chambersburg
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Lamberton
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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East Trenton
8.9
/ 10 · High
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The Island
8.9
/ 10 · High
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Perdicaris Place
8.8
/ 10 · High
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